Viral charity campaigns have a psychological 'recipe' and all-too-brief lifespan
13 February 2017New work focusing on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge reveals very brief shelf life of such viral campaigns, and suggests the nature of ‘virality’ and...
Opinion: India’s militant rhino protectors are challenging traditional views of how conservation works
13 February 2017There is a dilemma in contemporary conservation: how to balance modernisation, people’s rights and environmentalism. Nowhere is this visible that in Kaziranga, India, writes Dr...
Opinion: Brain scanners allow scientists to ‘read minds’ – could they now enable a ‘Big Brother’ future?
13 February 2017Brain imaging can reveal a great deal about who we are and what is going inside our heads. But how far can – and should...
Of cabbages and cows: increasing agricultural yields in Africa
13 February 2017Africa’s food requirements, along with its population, are growing fast. Three research programmes ask how a better understanding of viruses, parasites and the spread of disease can...
Virtual reality journey through a tumour: Cambridge scientists receive £40 million funding boost
10 February 2017Cambridge scientists have received two of the biggest funding grants ever awarded by Cancer Research UK, with the charity set to invest £40 million over...
A sewage system that ‘digests’ and ‘cooks’ human waste
10 February 2017Student volunteers Susannah Duck and Izhan Khan describe working with a Tanzanian community to install a system that turns sewage into essential products.
Deeper origin of gill evolution suggests 'active lifestyle' link in early vertebrates
09 February 2017Fish embryo study indicates that the last common ancestor of vertebrates was a complex animal complete with gills – overturning prior scientific understanding and complementing...
A bridge of stars connects two dwarf galaxies
08 February 2017The Magellanic Clouds, the two largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, appear to be connected by a bridge stretching across 43,000 light years, according...
The Bible as a weapon of war
08 February 2017How do former Lord’s Resistance Army soldiers – men, women and children who have used the Bible as a weapon of war – learn to reread the scriptures...
Concerns over wasting doctor’s time may affect decision to see GP
07 February 2017Worries over wasting their doctor’s time, particularly at a time when NHS resources are stretched, may influence when and whether patients choose to see their...