Politicians must stop using pseudoscience to sell their policies
27 April 2022
The UK government's plan to use "scientific methods" to find the age of asylum seekers is based on methods that haven't been proven to work
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Frogs have acquired DNA from snakes with the help of parasites
26 April 2022
Horizontal DNA transfer, once thought to be a rare event, has occurred between snakes and frogs at least 54 times in the past 85 million years
All four of the key DNA building blocks have been found in meteorites
26 April 2022
We have now discovered all four building blocks of DNA in meteorite samples, suggesting that space rocks may have delivered the compounds to Earth, contributing to the origin of life
Insects and lab-grown meat could cut food emissions by 80 per cent
25 April 2022
Switching to "novel foods", like algae and lab-grown milk, could bring huge environmental benefits compared with the typical European diet
Artificial nerve cells have been made in the lab
21 April 2022
Synthetic neurons made of hydrogel could one day be used in sophisticated artificial tissues to repair organs such as the heart or the eyes
'Viking skin' nailed to medieval church doors is actually animal hide
21 April 2022
Scientists analysed the remains of skin patches attached to three English church doors, discovering they came from farm animals – not Viking raiders
Electrostatic brakes make bendy robot arms a lot more efficient
21 April 2022
Replacing motors with electrostatic brakes can boost the energy-efficiency of robot limbs, although the robots are slower
Surveillance drone saves power by deliberately crashing into walls
20 April 2022
A prototype surveillance drone can save power and stay on task for longer by sticking to walls and powering down its rotors, but only by making a crash landing
Dolphins who are hand-fed by tourists are less social than their peers
20 April 2022
Tourists can hand-feed some dolphins around the coast of Australia, but dolphins fed this way are less likely to form strong social bonds with their peers
