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Ancient reptiles suffered from arthritis
Joint pain may be an age-old affair.
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Earliest evidence of human art
An engraved ceiling predates the famous paintings at the Grotte Chauvet.
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Baby bush budgie
Bush budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) are one of Australia’s smallest parrots.
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Discovering Australia’s own sea turtle
Understanding the Flatback turtle requieres more than your average conservation program.
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Silk: the future of engineering
Silkworm cocoon inspires new technology for lightweight armour and cars.
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Earliest Mayan calendar goes well beyond 2012
A small room in Xultún indicates that the Mayan calendar goes well beyond 2012.
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Tiny solution for oil spills
Scientists have developed micro-submarines that can clean up oils spills.
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Waking embryos in the womb
Your brain may already be awake before you are born.
Cancer can be tracked with Google
Scientists are using search engine algorithims to find cancer biomarkers.
Does cutlery affect the flavour of food?
Some food for thought when preparing your next dinner party.
The moonwalking bird
A male manakin courting a female is an impressive sight.
The after life of a whale
A whale has in interesting after life, as it feeds some deep ocean species. Check out this video directed by Sharon Shattuck and Flora Lichtman.
Untamed nature
Natural history filmmaker Karen Bass shares footage from her latest projects.
Black hole caught committing murder
Most homicide cases involve finding the murderer, but this is the first time NASA have been able to identify a stellar homicide victim.
Sticky feet
Researchers at Cambridge University explain how ants can climb up walls and stick to the ceiling without falling down.
The empire of the micro
Directed by Austrian artist Clemens Wirth, this two-minute film takes you into the realm of the micro.
No more hiding
Scientists at MIT Media Lab have develop a new imaging system that gathers information from opaque objects. This has helped in the development of a new camera that can peer around corners.
Mysteries of the human mind
Since the 1920s, researchers have been trying to understand why we can’t walk straight without a visible guide point. Are we doomed to walk in circles? NPR finds the answer in this video.
Travelling to the past
Scientists gain VIP access to the stars.
Baboons can recognise words
Baboons have no linguistic skills, but they can spot printed words. Over a period of 45 days, a team of scientists from the US and France studied a group of baboons living in…
‘Robosquirrel’ helps scientists understand rattlesnakes
When adult squirrels come face-to-face with a rattlesnake, they approach it head-first in an elongated posture, making flagging movements with their tails, but when squirrels want to fend of rattlesnakes, they heat their…
Aurora borealis uncovered
The northern lights are messages from the Sun—and Dr Jim Wild, from the University of Lancaster, teaches us how to read them.
From flying pigeons and cats
This video from the Aerospace Medical Division Hq 657Oth Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories includes scenes from an F-104 seat ejection trial and the effects of weightlessness on cats and pigeons in a C-131.
The robots are coming!
A team of scientists led by Vijay Kumar has created agile aerial robots that swarm and sense each other.
Bye Bye Birdie
Match made in science heaven: NASA + Angry Birds.
Giant and colossal squids have super-powerful eyes
Giant and colossal squids have soccer-ball-sized eyes that detect large moving objects at 120 metres.
The wondrous world of dinosaurs
Iridescent feathers were the ultimate social tool for non-avian dinosaurs such as Microraptor.
