How AI ‘sees’ the world – what happened when we trained a deep learning model to identify poverty
To most effectively deliver aid to alleviate poverty, you have to know where the people…
Earth’s magnetic field protects life on Earth from radiation, but it can move, and the magnetic poles can even flip
The Earth’s magnetic field plays a big role in protecting people from hazardous radiation and…
Stones inside fish ears mark time like tree rings – and now they’re helping us learn about climate change
As a marine biologist, I’ve always found it fascinating to learn about how animals adapt…
What is the ‘sunk cost fallacy’? Is it ever a good thing?
Have you ever encountered a subpar hotel breakfast while on holiday? You don’t really like…
5 ways smartphone photography is changing how we see the world
Smartphones are a staple of modern life and are changing how we see the world…
Honeybees cluster together when it’s cold – but we’ve been completely wrong about why
Honeybees in man-made hives may have been suffering the cold unnecessarily for over a century…
The way a sperm tail moves can be explained by mathematics worked out by Alan Turing
Alan Turing might be best know for his work helping to crack Germany’s “Enigma” communications…
Taste depends on nature and nurture. Here are 7 ways you can learn to enjoy foods you don’t like
You’re out for dinner with a bunch of friends, one of whom orders pizza with…
Why the man-hating feminist is a myth – according to science
As part of the “Women Against Feminism” campaign that launched in 2014, social media posts…
The flying, swimming and tunnelling robots inspired by nature
The Ornithopter in the sci-fi blockbuster film Dune resembles a helicopter crossed with a dragonfly.…