Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea
7 June 2018
Northern fur seals mostly sleep with half their brain while they’re at sea, but sleep with all their brain while on land – unlike any other animal studied
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Why Richard Branson's promises about space tourism are empty
7 June 2018
The billionaire businessman says he'll ride into space within months, paving the way to routine suborbital passenger trips. Don't get too excited, says Paul Marks
Sour tastes may make you more adventurous and take bigger risks
7 June 2018
A gambling experiment has found that the taste of umami seems to make us more conservative in our choices, while sour flavours may promote risk-taking
Surveillance drones can now spot violent attacks as they happen
7 June 2018
A drone surveillance system can spot violence in a crowd, including stabbing and strangling, but some worry the consequences have not been thought through
Kidney cancer spreads by pretending to be white blood cells
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Many people with cancer die from secondary tumours, and now we know how some cancer cells are able to spread around the body and move into other organs
Lightning reveals where Jupiter stores its ‘missing’ water
6 June 2018
Decades ago a space probe found less water on Jupiter than expected, and now astronomers have tracked some of that water down by mapping lightning storms
Anti-acne cream clears up skin without any nasty side effects
6 June 2018
A new anti-acne cream that blocks inflammation is more effective and has fewer side effects than existing lotions, a clinical trial has found
4-year-olds care more about plants and animals than sick people
6 June 2018
When we’re young, we care less about people – so much so that 4-year-olds care less about teachers and police than they do about dogs, monkeys and rosebushes
AI construction worker plans the fastest way to put up buildings
6 June 2018
By considering hundreds of millions of potential schedules, an AI construction manager works out the best and fastest way for builders to put up a new building
Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat
6 June 2018
Palm oil consumption in the EU jumped by 7 per cent in 2017 because it is increasingly used as a biofuel – driving the destruction of orangutans’ habitat
