26 September 2018
With 35,000 visitors, 120 talks from world-class scientists and 100 immersive experiences, our science festival was better than ever – catch up with the highlights here
24 September 2018
Mathematician Michael Atiyah has presented his claimed proof of one of the most famous unsolved problems in maths, but others remain cautiously sceptical
24 September 2018
Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has released its two small MINERVA-II rovers on to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, and the pair have sent back some amazing images
20 September 2018
The weird ‘Ediacaran’ fossils have stumped scientists for decades - now fatty molecules found inside some of them confirm they are the most ancient animals we know
20 September 2018
Octopuses respond to ecstasy in the same way as we do, suggesting the basis for social behaviour evolved more than 500 million years ago
20 September 2018
NASA’s recently launched exoplanet-hunting satellite has uncovered a new world twice the size of Earth orbiting a star 60 light years away
19 September 2018
Dysfunctional, or 'senescent', brain cells can drive brain degeneration – and killing them saved mice from further damage and memory loss
18 September 2018
It’s usually males that go out of their way to attract a mate – but for dance flies it’s the females that dress to impress
18 September 2018
Aquatic mosquito larvae eat plastic in the water and retain it when they become flies – meaning the plastic ends up in the birds that eat mosquitoes
18 September 2018
Your scalp can "smell" things - and when it detects synthetic sandalwood, the rate of hair growth increases
