Science
Unprecedented insight into memory champion's brain reveals his tricks
Nelson Dellis credits techniques like the method of loci for his extraordinary memory. Now, brain scans have r...
We may have just glimpsed the universe's first stars
A galaxy spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope, known as Hebe, that existed just 400 million years after t...
I have been bitten by more than 200 snakes – on purpose
If you are unlucky enough to have been bitten by a snake, you are unlikely to want to repeat the experience. N...
What to read this week: Lixing Sun's ambitious On the Origin of Sex
Ducks with corkscrew penises, fish changing sex – what do we really know about sex and reproduction on Earth?...
How many academics does it take to tell a joke? Time for a study...
Feedback is delighted to discover a study analysing the use of humour at scientific conferences – but disappoi...
Historic Artemis II launch sends astronauts bound for the moon
Four astronauts have begun a 10-day journey around the moon and back again, the first crewed flight to the moo...
Tobacco plant altered to produce five psychedelic drugs
Genetically engineering tobacco plants could enable a more sustainable production method for psychedelic drugs...
Oceans are darkening all over the planet – what’s going on?
In a shift that is reshaping entire ecosystems, the open oceans are letting less light in. We don't fully unde...
The first quantum computer to break encryption is now shockingly close
Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a...
Male octopuses have a favourite arm that they mostly use for sex
The third right arm of male octopuses has a specialised role in mating, and the creatures take extra care to a...
Historians dispute link between drought and rebellion in Roman Britain
A study based on tree rings claimed that droughts played a role in events that led to the Roman withdrawal fro...
Plug-in solar is coming – how dangerous is it and is it worth it?
Plug-in solar panels are a cheaper, simpler alternative to professionally installed panels. But can they reall...
The best new popular science books of April 2026
April has a lot to offer when it comes to popular science reading, promising to help us do everything from fut...
Virus from marine animals is causing weird eye problems in people
A virus seems to have jumped from marine animals into people for the first time ever, and it is causing seriou...
The best new science-fiction books of April 2026
A collection of stories set in George R. R. Martin’s Wild Cards universe and a novel from The Expanse author J...
A once-fantastical collider could answer physics’ biggest mysteries
The muon collider was once dismissed as impossible, but is now gaining steam as the successor to the Large Had...
Attacks from our immune system are a cause of long covid
The immune system going rogue and attacking healthy tissue seems to behind some cases of long covid, a discove...
New fibre optic record allows 50,000,000 movies to be streamed at once
Improved hardware can send ten times as much data through existing fibre optic cables, potentially providing a...