Female giraffes drove the evolution of long giraffe necks in order to feed on the most nutritious leaves, new research suggests
Everything in biology ultimately boils down to food and sex. To survive as an individual…
Cyberflashing is a form of gendered sexual violence that must be taken seriously
Sexting — sending sexually suggestive or explicit messages and images — is now a widespread…
Fresh water and key conditions for life appeared on Earth half a billion years earlier than we thought
We need two ingredients for life to start on a planet: dry land and (fresh)…
Documenting the world’s largest prehistoric rock art in South America – new study
We weren’t the first to lay eyes on the engraving since it was carved into…
Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on what life is like on Earth?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question…
Why the future of democracy could depend on your group chats
I became newly worried about the state of democracy when, a few years ago, my…
Community broadband provides a local solution for a global problem
According to a 2023 study by the International Telecommunications Union, approximately 2.6 billion people are…
Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this
Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World Intellectual Property…
An AI tool for predicting protein shapes could be transformative for medicine, but it challenges science’s need for proof
An advanced algorithm that has been developed by Google DeepMind has gone some way to…
Online consultation or voting 2023: 8.5% of EU people
In 2023, 8.5% of EU individuals aged between 16 and 74 used the internet to…