A tale of how imagination came to be loses sight of the evidence
23 August 2017
Author Stephen Asma knows how to improvise, but The Evolution of Imagination begs the question: what can unbridled thought bring to science?
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Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten
23 August 2017
The past 15 years have called into question every assumption about who we are and where we came from. Turns out our evolution is more baffling than we thought
Ingredient-swapping web browser is a recipe for disaster
23 August 2017
Not a lover of lobster? Scared of scampi? The internet is still your oyster with this recipe helper, but be prepared for a side dish of surprising swaps
Newborn babies already have a sense of how numbers work
22 August 2017
Do you think of smaller numbers being on the left of larger ones? Even two-day-old babies may think this way, suggesting we’re born with mental number lines
Can’t stop procrastinating? Try cognitive behaviour therapy
18 August 2017
Do you find yourself doing absolutely any task other than the one at the top of your to-do list? There might now be a way to treat procrastination
Grown-up chimps are less likely to help distressed friends
18 August 2017
Chimpanzees of all ages will comfort upset companions, but adult chimps do it less – perhaps because they are more selective about who they help
Stem cell technique could reverse a major type of infertility
17 August 2017
Men with extra sex chromosomes can have difficulty producing fertile sperm. Now researchers have got around this in mice by making stem cells from their skin
Why adding a drop of water can make whisky taste even better
17 August 2017
Scotch aficionados know that adding a little water to their dram can bring out the flavours – now we have glimpsed more of the chemistry behind it
