Earliest evidence of kissing pushed back 1,000 years

Researchers examined whether kissing is an innate human activity or whether its origins are relatively recent.

Troels Pank Arbøll, Assistant Professor in Assyriology, University of Copenhagen • conversation
May 19, 2023 • ~6 min

Quantum physics proposes a new way to study biology – and the results could revolutionize our understanding of how life works

Studying the brief and tiny quantum effects that drive living systems could one day lead to new approaches to treatments and technologies.

Clarice D. Aiello, Quantum Biology Tech (QuBiT) Lab, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles • conversation
May 15, 2023 • ~9 min

We built a human-skin printer from Lego and we want every lab to use our blueprint

Scientists used Lego to build a bioprinter capable of printing human tissue samples.

Oliver Castell, Senior Lecturer at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University • conversation
April 26, 2023 • ~6 min

It's time to rethink what citizen science really is

Citizen science offers the possibility of a science for the people, by the people. And it could be used to challenge the status quo.

Rob Evans, Professor in science and technology studies, Cardiff University • conversation
March 28, 2023 • ~6 min

Building better brain collaboration online – despite scientific squabbles, the decade-long Human Brain Project brought measurable success to neuroscience collaboration

The European Union’s 10-year Human Brain Project is coming to a close. Whether this controversial 1 billion-euro project achieved its aims is unclear, but its online forum did foster collaboration.

Ann-Christin Kreyer, Ph.D. Candidate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition • conversation
March 22, 2023 • ~10 min

Interactive cinema: how films could alter plotlines in real time by responding to viewers' emotions

A new film changes its story based on the emotions expressed by the viewer.

Richard Ramchurn, Assistant researcher, University of Nottingham • conversation
March 20, 2023 • ~8 min

Smell is the crucial sense that holds ant society together, helping the insects recognize, communicate and cooperate with one another

Researchers explore what happens when ants can’t properly use smell to detect friend from foe.

Stephen Ferguson, Postdoctoral Scholar in Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University • conversation
March 13, 2023 • ~7 min

A brief history of the UK's Winchcombe meteorite

In 2021, searchers recovered a meteorite that fell over the UK just hours earlier. Scientists have now reconstructed its story.

Dr Martin D. Suttle, Lecturer in Planetary Science, The Open University • conversation
March 10, 2023 • ~7 min

Unlocking secrets of the honeybee dance language – bees learn and culturally transmit their communication skills

Honeybees possess one of the most complex examples of nonhuman communication. New research suggests that it is learned and culturally passed down from older to younger bees.

James C. Nieh, Associate Dean and Professor of Biology, University of California, San Diego • conversation
March 9, 2023 • ~8 min

Why does music bring back memories? What the science says

Music, memories and emotions are all linked and certain songs can act as a direct line to our past.

Kelly Jakubowski, Assistant Professor in Music Psychology, Durham University • conversation
March 9, 2023 • ~6 min

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