Colour me scientific: Two free fun colour-me-in downloads
19 December 2018
Never heard of a querkle or a spiroglyphic? No worries – just get your colouring pens and follow the simple instructions to reveal two iconic images of science
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Answers: What were these six bamboozling inventions designed to do?
18 December 2018
Enjoyed our antique inventions quiz? Find out more about what these strange devices were actually made for.
Death rays: How the dream of an ultimate weapon became a dark farce
18 December 2018
The quest for the ultimate destructive weapon is a convoluted story of egos, charlatanry and deception – with a starring role for mercurial genius Nikola Tesla
The mummified penguins that hold the secrets of Antarctica's past
18 December 2018
Antarctica’s Adélie penguins nest on the well-preserved remains of their ancestors. All it takes is a trowel and a strong stomach to dig into their climate history
The most eye-catching science and tech news stories of 2018
18 December 2018
From advances in mind reading and medical procedures to AI law enforcement and CRISPR controversy, 2018 was a year of highs and lows. Here are our highlights
2019 Preview: Experimental vaccine could let coeliacs eat gluten
18 December 2018
A vaccine that teaches a person's immune system to see gluten as harmless could enable some people with coeliac disease to eat bread and pasta made from wheat
2019 Preview: Gravitational waves will be discovered every few weeks
18 December 2018
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and other experiments will detect dozens more ripples in space time
2019 Preview: We will see the first ever picture of a black hole
18 December 2018
We have never seen a picture of a black hole, but that will change when the Event Horizon Telescope reveals its first snap of the behemoth at the Milky Way's centre
2019 Preview: AI to best humans at one of world's most complex games
18 December 2018
A team of AI bots were beaten at the video game Dota 2 by human players in June, but in 2019 they will return with a vengeance to become the world's best
2019 Preview: Teeth will reveal our species’ deep evolutionary past
18 December 2018
We will start to learn what a host of ancient animal and early human remains really are, thanks to new techniques for analysing tiny fragments of fossil remains
