I'm a space archaeologist studying junk strewn across the solar system
29 April 2020
From vintage satellites to lunar rovers, space archaeologist Alice Gorman is teasing out a unique history of humanity from the objects we've dispatched from Earth
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Seagulls aren't menaces – they are fascinating and complex creatures
22 April 2020
Gulls are often misunderstood. Many people think of them as chip-stealing pests, but that's just because they haven't spent the time to get to know them, says Madeleine Goumas
My patient's marriage was saved by a brain injury
15 April 2020
Our brains influence all aspects of our lives, including our sexual desires. This means brain injuries can have some surprising effects, says Amee Baird
I'm protecting seabirds in one of the world's most overfished areas
8 April 2020
West Africa's waters are a hotspot for illegal fishing, says conservationist Justine Dossa. She is working to change fishing practices and tackle pollution
The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused
1 April 2020
Boredom can be unpleasant, but we can learn from some of the world's dullest people how to keep ourselves amused, says boredom researcher James Danckert
Death researcher on pandemics and our fascination with dying
25 March 2020
Pandemics of the past can teach us about the current one, says John Troyer, who studies how we use technology to alter the experience of death
Why people become strangely attached to their robot vacuum cleaners
18 March 2020
Kate Darling researches human-robot interaction. She explains why we are prone to forming emotional connections with robots and what we can learn from our relationships with pets and other animals
How quantum computing got a boost from an experiment in a cornfield
11 March 2020
In a cornfield in India, Urbasi Sinha ran an experiment that may challenge the rules of quantum mechanics and paves the way for higher dimensional quantum computing
How I went from selling MDMA to researching the science of its effects
27 February 2020
Christopher Medina-Kirchner used to be a drug dealer. Now he is a researcher looking at their effects, and says society's views on drugs and addiction need updating
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.
