This self-riding bicycle follows you around while you walk
31 July 2019
A chip used to control an autonomous bicycle is inspired by the brain and could pave the way for AI with a broader range of abilities
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Water wars: How to avoid conflict over our most precious resource
31 July 2019
Climate change is altering weather patterns, endangering the water supply of over half of humanity. New thinking is required to avoid things boiling over
Should we eat local to cut food miles, or does it make no difference?
31 July 2019
Reducing food miles seems a sensible and straightforward way to cut carbon emissions. But digging into the science shows it's not that simple, says James Wong
To understand reality, we first need to find our place in it
31 July 2019
How the physical world influences our conscious experience, and vice versa, are fundamental mysteries. Will we ever work them out, asks Richard Webb
The human placenta may not have a microbiome after all
31 July 2019
Recent evidence that the placenta has its own community of microbes is now uncertain as it seems the experiments were corrupted by contamination
Countries are turning off the internet to stop violence. Does it work?
31 July 2019
Governments are increasingly shutting down access to the internet in an effort to curb organised violence. But evidence shows it usually makes things worse
Exclusive: Can a supplement slow the natural processes of ageing?
30 July 2019
A pill described as the only scientifically validated anti-ageing supplement has been designed to increase the number of years we spend in good health
Before building another telescope, learn from Hawaiian culture
30 July 2019
Amid continued protests over the construction of the Thirty Metre Telescope on Mauna Kea, Haunani Kane suggests scientists can learn from Hawaiian culture
Genetic analysis reveals Vikings had a wide and diverse family tree
30 July 2019
Many Vikings were descendants of people from outside Scandinavia who moved into the region before and during the Viking Age
Meet a 500-million-year old minibeast from the Cambrian explosion
30 July 2019
More than half a billion years ago, this predator cruised the seas in what is now Yunnan, China. The remarkable fossil is on display in a new exhibition
