Experiments with vampire bats running on treadmills have revealed they have a highly unusual method of getting energy from ...

The muscle cells lining an artery resemble a stained glass window in this image, the winner of the British Heart Foundation’s ...

On a small dwarf planet called Makemake, astronomers have seen signs of surprising temperature changes. These could indicate ...

A new supercapacitor design that uses only water, clay and graphene could source material on Mars and be more sustainable and ...

Fibres in wet wipes and clothes often make their way into soil - and natural versions could be more damaging than synthetic ...

The world’s oldest known writing system may have had its origins in the imagery on decorated cylinders used to denote ...

Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic activity, are a product of our planet’s geophysical forces and can have devastating effects on communities and ecosystems. Detecting such ...

A common sunscreen ingredient, zinc nanoparticles, may help protect rice from heat-related stress, an increasingly common problem under climate change. Zinc is known to play an important role in plant ...

From Harlan Ellison to Haruki Murakami, via an intergalactic cooking competition, this month has plenty of science fictional ...

DNA analysis suggests Pando, a quaking aspen in Utah with thousands of stems connected by their roots, is between 16,000 and ...