How the cheetah gets its spots
There may be a big difference in size, but cheetahs and tabby cats have things in common.
Armour-covered floating beauty
‘Ehux’ is a micro-organism vital to marine food chains — it is also visually mesmerising.
Scientists find trigger for epileptic seizures
This could be a step towards curing temporal lobe epilepsy.
Fighting tuberculosis with soil bacterium
A natural compound found in soil kills antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Technology meets fashion
This is what happens when fashion and technology come together — a look at the DVF Spring 2013 show through the eyes of the models, the designers and Diane von Furstenberg herself. All…
Why do whales and humans have such long menopause?
Long menopause allows killer whales to care for sons.
Robots inspired by nature
Nature has often been a source of inspiration in film and literature, but more recently, engineers have gotten into the natural trend, designing robots inspired by wildlife. This development demonstrates how our surrounding…
Ancient Roman fortification discovered in Germany
It wasn’t only Asterix who resisted the Roman conquest of Gaul.
