Watch this robotic fruit fly swoop, dive and perform impressive flips
13 September 2018
DelFly is a robot that flies through a room with as much agility as a real fly using its flappy wings. It is also helping researchers understand how insects move
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New Apple Watch heart monitor sounds great – here's why it may not be
13 September 2018
At its latest product launch, Apple announced its smartwatches would get an upgrade letting people take an ECG of their own heart, but this could do more harm than good
Bandages laser-bonded to your skin may fix wounds better than stitches
13 September 2018
Most flesh wounds are repaired with sutures, but they cause extra damage to the skin. A bandage made of silk and gold, sealed with laser light, could solve that
BPA-free plastics seem to disrupt sperm and egg development in mice
13 September 2018
We are starting to replace harmful BPA in plastic bottles and food containers, but alternative chemicals might be just as bad
Gluten may be making you tired and depressed according to a new study
13 September 2018
Gluten might not cause gut problems in people who don’t have coeliac disease, but a study of 14 people suggests it may occasionally cause fatigue or depression
An antioxidant might lead to new therapies for bone arthritis
12 September 2018
An antioxidant commonly sold as a food supplement has been found to limit joint damage in mice with osteoarthritis, and may lead to new treatments for people
We may have reached Madagascar 6000 years earlier than once thought
12 September 2018
Cut marks on giant bird bones suggest humans reached Madagascar 10,000 years ago and may have coexisted with the island’s now extinct megafauna for millennia
It's an outrage that Turkey is ditching Darwin from science textbooks
12 September 2018
Evolution is being dropped from school biology texts in Turkey. In Hungary, academic freedoms are increasingly threatened. Time to worry, says Rachael Jolley
Can a low-carb diet really help shed weight and reverse diabetes?
12 September 2018
UK politician Tom Watson has hailed a low-carb diet for his massive weight loss and "reversal" of type 2 diabetes, and now he wants to help tackle the country's obesity crisis
Peaceful basking sharks can leap just as powerfully as great whites
11 September 2018
Basking sharks are slow movers that eat zooplankton, but sometimes they jump out of the water like ferocious great white sharks - and we don't know why
