Five ways to stop the world’s wildlife vanishing
By Paul Jepson, University of Oxford
Full marks to colleagues at the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London for the Living Planet...
Who you calling an elephant? Animals have weight issues too
By Robert Young, University of Salford
I run 50km per week on my treadmill and eat a calorie-restricted diet; this is something our ancestors didn’t...
Dinosaur puzzle solved, revealing the weirdest-looking creature to walk the planet
By Stephen Brusatte, University of Edinburgh
Everywhere scientists look it seems like they are finding dinosaurs. A new species is emerging at the astounding pace...
When parallel worlds collide … quantum mechanics is born
By Howard Wiseman, Griffith University
Parallel universes – worlds where the dinosaur-killing asteroid never hit, or where Australia was colonised by the Portuguese – are...
The perfect cup of coffee boils down to four factors
By Don Brushett
Welcome to the second instalment in our series Chemistry of Coffee, where we unravel the delicious secrets of one of the most...
Why research beats anecdote in our search for knowledge
By Tim Dean
UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH: What do we actually mean by research and how does it help inform our understanding of things? We begin today...
Pacific Remote Islands protection not just a drop in the ocean
By Robert Richmond, University of Hawaii
This fall, President Obama signed a proclamation that created the biggest marine reserve in the world. By extending the...
Five science ‘facts’ we learnt at school that are plain wrong
By Mark Lorch, University of Hull
Let’s start with a quiz…
How many senses do you have?
Which of the following are magnetic: a tomato,...
