I scanned thousands of research images by eye to expose academic fraud
19 February 2020
Science consultant Elisabeth Bik is on a mission to detect duplicate images in scientific papers, exposing either genuine mistakes or signs of fraud.
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Don't miss: I Am Not Okay With This, aged brains, and invisible worlds
19 February 2020
This week, watch Netflix's I Am Not Okay With This, catch up with positive stories about how our brains age, and listen as a podcast reveals the built world
Why the human race may be less gullible than you think
19 February 2020
Many classic psychology experiments have found humans to be pretty gullible. But book Not Born Yesterday argues that such a trait runs against the logic of natural selection
Should animals with human genes or organs be given human rights?
18 February 2020
Gene-edited pigs and brain implants are blurring the lines of what it means to be human, so our morals and laws may need to change to include beings that are “substantially human”
Great ape brains have a feature that we thought was unique to humans
14 February 2020
Our ape cousins have asymmetrical brains just like we do, which might require us to rethink ideas on the evolution of brain specialism in our hominin ancestors
Ancient people tried to stop rising seas with spears or fiery boulders
13 February 2020
When natural global warming raised seas by 120 metres starting around 18,000 years ago, people tried to protect themselves by building walls or rolling fiery boulders into the sea
DNA analysis of people in West Africa reveals 'ghost' human ancestor
12 February 2020
Four West African populations may carry genes from an undiscovered archaic hominin that diverged from a shared ancestor of Neanderthals, Denisovans and modern humans
