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

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting ...

One day, doctors might be able to 3D print copies of your organs in order to test a variety of drugs, thanks to a new ...

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 ...

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...

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

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

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