Robot dog has an artificial woof that sounds like the real thing
7 June 2017
The robo-dog’s bark is generated by a mammalian voice synthesiser which could help create realistic robot animal companions for use with the elderly
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New Horizons heads for the Kuiper belt, coral and fish fights, weekend snoozing, and more
Google blocker to eliminate bad ads and let users go ad-free
7 June 2017
The tech giant will bring it own ad blocker to Chrome next year, in the hope that blocking the worst ads will encourage users to put up with the rest
Promising results from new drugs for prostate and ovarian cancer
7 June 2017
The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held in Chicago this week, has heard a flurry of exciting results from studies of new drugs
The quiet battle over science in the UK general election
7 June 2017
The big political parties have different pledges on R&D funding, but a bigger issue is what changes in free movement will mean for science in the UK
Don't forget the lessons of deadly lead
7 June 2017
Politicians who say environmental regulations are an unnecessary burden are ignorant of history and contemptuous of future generations
Diverse opinion
7 June 2017
Invasive species often start with just a few individuals and multiply to huge numbers across a continent, but they don't seem to suffer from a lack of genetic diversity. Or do they? If not, why not?
Bolted on
7 June 2017
Is the exact spot where a bolt of lightning will strike the earth pretty much predetermined at the moment it leaves a cloud? Or does it continuously change direction on the way down?
It ain't sneezy
7 June 2017
I am an amateur singer and during the high season for allergies in Canada I completed three performances of Beethoven's ninth symphony. Many singers were unwell but there was not one cough or sneeze on stage. Why is it that once a singer steps on stage,...
Feedback: UKIP candidate wants interstellar space mission
7 June 2017
Vote Leave with Aidan Powlesland and wave goodbye to Earth. Plus: US treasurers misplace $1 trillion, seeking women of measure, the truth about Nazis, and more
