 ​31 million seconds is a pretty good time for a 940 million kilometre journey, so sit back and feel good about another successful orbit of our nearest star. While 2016 hasn’t always been great for everyone, let us look backwards upon it...
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Chimpanzees recognise bottoms as well as faces Being able to tell friend from foe by their face has been so important to us that we have evolved an incredible ability to recognise faces. The way we recognise faces involves dedicated brain...
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 Platypus venom might help to treat diabetes The Platypus is a weird little creature. It’s like a mammal that wants to be a duck with its egg-laying, webbed feet and bill. It’s so unlike other mammals that when British scientists were first...
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Ants farm tropical fruits Humans invented agriculture around 10,000 years ago and were probably quite proud of themselves. But for Philidris nagasau, an ant found only in Fiji, agriculture was old news – they’ve been growing their own fruit...
Read moreNasa has a poo problem… NASA have a problem and they are looking for help. Space science has achieved a lot and solved many of the problems of getting people and machines into space. But one problem still has a very primitive ¬†solution...
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