Science
Fire-resistant aluminium-sulphur battery charges in under...
A fast-charging battery made from two abundant materials avoids the fire hazards...
Nanocrystals help water act like sponge to hold more oxygen...
Water laced with nanocrystals containing small pores can carry 100 times more oxygen...
Squishable computer runs calculations depending on how...
A computer made using blocks of rubber with streaks of a rubber-silver compound...
Psilocybin therapy seems to help some people give up drinking...
Nearly half of a group who took psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms,...
Short animations could ‘inoculate’ YouTube users against...
Having short pre-video animations on YouTube about the tactics used to spread misinformation...
Malaria vaccine using live modified parasites shows promise...
A "living vaccine" containing malaria parasites with key genes deleted has produced...
Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to changes in dolphin...
After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, dolphins living in the area had changes...
Shards of pure ice might snow upwards beneath the ice shell...
The moons Europa and Enceladus probably have global oceans buried beneath their...
Some artificial sweeteners can raise your blood sugar
Two artificial sweeteners, saccharin and sucralose, may impede the body’s ability...
Reptile boom 250 million years ago may have been due to...
A spike in global temperatures could have been the trigger for the rise of reptiles...
Computer made from liquid crystals would ripple with calculations
A proposal for a computer built using liquid crystals – similar to those found in...
Fat molecule treatment may stop severe peanut allergy reaction...
Consuming a fat molecule produced by gut bacteria appears to offer protection against...
Rubik's Cube solution unlocked by memorising 3915 final...
For the first time, a speedcuber has demonstrated a solution to the Rubik’s cube...
Physicists surprised to discover the proton contains a...
The textbook description of a proton says it contains three smaller particles -...
Did Mayan game use ashes of dead rulers to make the balls?
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims,...
What hackers get up to when left on an island in the Pacific
Campsite coding Deerpunk costumes, tacos delivered by drones and a game called "Beerocracy"...
