13 February 2024
Scientists have found that we generally remember where an object was located, but possibly not its other details, a discovery that could change how we view eyewitness testimonies
13 February 2024
Male Brachycephalus pulex frogs are so small that two of them can sit side by side on a pinky nail
13 February 2024
A phenomenon called the Fermi resonance, which affects how molecules vibrate, is responsible for a large part of carbon dioxide’s planet-warming effect
13 February 2024
Two wayfinding apps use motion sensors and AI to help people who are blind navigate a building, without needing to hold their phone out in front of them and risk theft
12 February 2024
A stone wall nearly a kilometre long found under the Baltic Sea may have been built by ancient hunters to channel deer into a confined space
12 February 2024
When black holes are born from collapsing stars, they emit a short-lived jet that may slow down the black hole’s rotation to nearly a standstill
12 February 2024
As we increasingly live in cities, tiny apartments are likely to become the norm. A new exhibition has clever space-managing ideas – but also stark warnings about the health challenges ahead
12 February 2024
The first ever UN report into the state of migratory species suggests animals from sharks to sea birds face a bleak future
12 February 2024
A quantum experiment that could separate a particle’s properties from its mass has physicists arguing over how reality works in the quantum world
12 February 2024
Infants aged just 4 months old who live in a home where two languages are spoken have distinct patterns of brain activation compared with infants living in monolingual environments
