City living makes urban male frogs far more attractive to females
10 December 2018
Urban male túngara frogs have evolved more elaborate mating calls than their rural brothers, which make them much better at attracting a mate
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Spray-on gel slows down the regrowth of tumours after cancer surgery
10 December 2018
A spray applied to the wound left by cancer surgery encourages the immune system to attack any cancer cells the surgeons left behind, a study in mice has found
The Great Barrier Reef is fighting back by losing weak species
10 December 2018
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef appears to be getting better at coping with heatwaves overall, as stronger species take over where vulnerable ones get wiped out
The most comfortable running shoes may actually increase injury risk
10 December 2018
Shoes with extra padding are meant to prevent impact-related injuries, but they may do the opposite by making our legs stiffer when we run
Brain scans reveal why your brain forgets details
7 December 2018
The way we store and retrieve memories prioritises abstract context over specific details, which might help us learn general lessons from our experiences
Interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua slipped by NASA space telescope unseen
7 December 2018
The Spitzer Space Telescope failed to spot ‘Oumuamua, the first interstellar object we’ve ever seen, but we were still able to learn something about this strange space rock
China is about to launch a mission to explore the far side of the moon
7 December 2018
The Chang’e 4 mission, launching on 7 December, will place both a lander and a rover on the far side of the moon, where no spacecraft has ever landed before
DeepMind’s Go playing software can now beat you at two more games
6 December 2018
A machine learning system called AlphaZero is the first AI that can learn to master more than one game using the same algorithm - it can play Go, chess and shogi
Exclusive: Controversial skeleton may be a new species of early human
6 December 2018
A skeleton found decades ago in South Africa may be a new species of Australopithecus, and could help reveal when our ancestors evolved to walk on two feet
Geckos sprint across water on air bubbles they make with their legs
6 December 2018
House geckos are too big to float using surface tension, and too small to create enough force to walk across water, so they use a combination of these tricks
