Science
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Online game could deter people from being radicalised into terrorism
An online game could help prevent people from being recruited into terrorist organisations such as ISIS CPA Media/Alamy Online games…
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Hollow nanoparticles linked by DNA make unusually strong materials
DNA’s strong bonds can act as a glue to make nanoparticles into sturdy materials Vladislav Kochelaevskiy/Alamy A material made from…
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Xenotransplant: Surgeons perform the second ever pig-to-human heart transplant
Doctors in the operating room during the transplant of the second-ever pig heart into a human recipient Tom Jemski (UMSOM…
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Why the ancient hominins of Asia are so mysterious
When it comes to ancient humans in Asia, we have so many fossils and no consensus on how to make…
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Risk of mass deaths as heatwaves start to pass survivability threshold
People cool off at a fountain during a heatwave in Athens, Greece, in July 2023 Nicolas Koutsokostas/Shutterstock As the world…
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South American bat species spotted for first time in over 100 years
The strange big-eared brown bat (Histiotus alienus) Vinícius C. Cláudio After more than a century, a missing bat is back.…
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Appetite for mind-altering substances is booming among US adults
More adults than ever are using cannabis in the US Shutterstock/guruXOX Cannabis and psychedelic drug use hit record highs last…
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Astronomers have found a strange new type of extremely magnetic star
An artist’s impression of HD 45166, an unusually magnetic star, showing how intense winds of particles blowing away from the…
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Read an extract from Bridge by Lauren Beukes
“They watched the spinning toy, around and around…” Alamy Stock Photo “Hey, Bridge?” Dom calls. Something’s off in their voice,…
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Lauren Beukes on why she tackled the multiverse in sci-fi novel Bridge
“Stories are doors into other universes…” Getty Images When you are 5 years old, you tell your mother you are…
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