Animals Five genes could give dogs their unique human interaction — and they share four with us October 6, 2016
Agriculture Globalization offers us a huge choice of foodstuffs — but we’re not having it October 6, 2016 - Updated on May 24, 2021
Biology Gold growing on trees offers a new prospecting tool October 5, 2016 - Updated on August 15, 2024
Archaeology Archaeologists unearth a huge dinosaur footprint in the Gobi desert October 4, 2016 - Updated on August 24, 2023
Biology Fossil Friday: the earliest known shells from 809 million years ago September 30, 2016 - Updated on February 13, 2024
Biology First case of Zika transmitted through touch in Utah was a freak occurrence, paper finds September 30, 2016
News Mark Zuckerberg just shared pictures from Facebook’s Data Center, and it’s like a dystopian sci-fi September 29, 2016
Archaeology Ancient Chinese skeletons found in London could hint at unknown ancient community and trade September 27, 2016
Discoveries Mercury will join the Solar System’s “tectonically active” planet club September 27, 2016 - Updated on April 12, 2017
Archaeology Scientists use technology to peer into charred ancient biblical scroll September 22, 2016
Anatomy News Browse the brain one cell at a time in the most detailed atlas ever made September 19, 2016 - Updated on November 15, 2016
Archaeology Oldest fishing hooks ever found show humans were fishing for longer than we’ve thought September 19, 2016
Anatomy News This 3D printing of a female clitoris shows how much you don’t know about female genitalia September 16, 2016
Astronomy ESA’s Gaia observatory sends back first star chart showing a billion new stars September 14, 2016
Materials Largest database of crystal surfaces and shapes can help researchers design better materials September 13, 2016
Discoveries New star-shaped polymer can shred bacteria membranes to bits, offering alternative to antibiotics September 13, 2016
Astronomy Scientists may have seen a black hole being born for the first time ever September 13, 2016 - Updated on April 2, 2021
Discoveries The Universe expands equally in all directions — and this is bad news for Einstein’s equations September 12, 2016
Discoveries Physicists think they might have found a dark boson — a dark matter particle September 8, 2016
Biology Fracking-only bacteria discovered in two separate wells hundreds of miles apart September 7, 2016 - Updated on February 13, 2024
Biology What causes phantom limb — it’s all in the brain September 7, 2016 - Updated on September 10, 2016
Book Reviews Book review: ‘A Survival Kit for Doctoral Students and Their Supervisors’ September 3, 2016 - Updated on February 20, 2017
Astrophysics Milky Way’s missing matter traced back to an explosion in its core 6 million years ago September 1, 2016
Diseases An antibody that clears Alzheimer’s patients’ brains of plaque could be the treatment we’ve been waiting for September 1, 2016
Biology Study found human habitation promoted forest growth in British Columbia over the past 13,000 years August 31, 2016
Environmental Issues Scientists believe humans have started a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene August 29, 2016 - Updated on August 22, 2022
News The U.S. plans to build the most advanced fusion reactor ever August 29, 2016 - Updated on July 24, 2019
Environment The Greenland ice sheet is losing some 270 billion tons of ice each year, a new study finds August 26, 2016
Archaeology An Israeli power plant worker might have found a hand grenade that the Crusaders used August 25, 2016
