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Rise of the Robots: 1. The history of things to come
The idea of robots goes back to the Ancient Greeks. In myths Hephaestus, the god of fire, created robots to assist in his workshop. In the medieval p…
9 years, 1 month ago
Earth's Earliest Life, The Benefits of Pollution, Sexuality and Science and New ideas on Evolution
The World's oldest sedimentary rocks reveal traces of our earliest ancestors. New analysis shows life forms existed more than 3.7 billion years ago w…
9 years, 1 month ago
The perils of fake science news, The neanderthal inside us, What The Beatles really sang - statistically speaking
A woolly story about resurrecting mammoths raises serious questions for medical ethics. News of a scientist's plan to resurrect mammoths has spread a…
9 years, 1 month ago
Science and cyber security, Dinosaur babies, Winston Churchill and level crossings
Testing cyber security with science. The UK now has a new National Cyber Security Centre. However there is very little scientific evidence against wh…
9 years, 2 months ago
Measuring human impact on earth, Awards for engineers, Sounds of space junk.
Quantifying the impact of humanity on the earth's natural systems. Why human activity now has a larger effect on our planet than the forces of nature…
9 years, 2 months ago
Wildlife trafficking, New quantum computers, Ancient bird beaks, Glassblowing.
Conservation and conflict. A year long BBC investigation has exposed an illegal animal trafficking network stretching from West Africa to the Middle …
9 years, 2 months ago
Crime, volcanoes, ghosts and how we are influenced by the genes of unrelated others
The genes of unrelated others can influence our health and behaviour. New research suggests the genetic make up of our partners can have a profound i…
9 years, 2 months ago
Antarctic science rescue, Killing cancer with viruses, Measuring wind from space and the Last man on the moon
Why the British Antarctic science base is being temporarily abandoned. New cracks have appeared in the Ice shelf on which the Halley research station…
9 years, 3 months ago
The perils of explaining science, Living to 500, What's good for your teeth and The future of stargazing
Why the simplest explanations are not always the best when it comes to science. Where you read about a scientific subject can affect not just what yo…
9 years, 3 months ago
RIP Granny the oldest Orca - Graphene + Silly Putty - Moving a Giant Magnet - Space in 2017
The world's oldest known killer whale is presumed dead. At an estimated age of 100 years, 'Granny' was last seen with her family in October. The scie…
9 years, 3 months ago