200 millionth question attempted on University of Cambridge's Isaac Science learning platform
04 Dec 2025Cambridge's Isaac Science learning platform – used by more than 3,000 schools across the UK each year – this week saw its 200 millionth question...
Fossils reveal anacondas have been giants for over 12 million years
02 Dec 2025Scientists have reconstructed ancient anacondas from 12.4-million-year-old fossils discovered in Venezuela to find these tropical snakes were a...
Celebrating a trailblazer: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
28 Nov 2025Marking 125 years since her birth and 100 years since her revolutionary PhD thesis.
Pesticides and other common chemical pollutants are toxic to our ‘good’ gut bacteria
26 Nov 2025A lab-based screening has discovered over 150 common industrial chemicals, from pesticides to flame retardants, that have a toxic effect on bacteria...
Scientists identify five ages of the human brain over a lifetime
25 Nov 2025Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human lifespan.
Golden retriever and human behaviours are driven by same genes
24 Nov 2025Researchers have discovered that genes underlying specific behavioural traits in golden retrievers - from trainability to fear of strangers - also...
Scientists capture genome’s structure in unprecedented detail
20 Nov 2025Researchers have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and functions inside living cells, revealing the physical structures that...
AI tool spots blood cell abnormalities missed by doctors
19 Nov 2025An AI tool that can analyse abnormalities in the shape and form of blood cells, and with greater accuracy and reliability than human experts, could...
Ancient ‘animal GPS’ identified in magnetic fossils
18 Nov 2025The earliest evidence of an internal ‘GPS’ system in an animal has been identified by researchers, which could help explain how some modern birds and...
Virtual Reality public speaking platform wins top prize at Times Higher Education Awards
14 Nov 2025Dr Chris Macdonald's groundbreaking Virtual Reality public speaking platform won the Technological Innovation of the Year category at the Times...
‘Beautiful energy sandwich’ could power next-generation solar and lighting
13 Nov 2025Researchers have achieved a new level of control over the atomic structure of a family of materials known as halide perovskites, creating a finely...
Scientists discover new species of fungus in 407-million-year-old plant fossil from Scotland
12 Nov 2025An ancient plant-fungus partnership has been revealed using advanced microscopy imaging, providing evidence of the mutually beneficial relationship...