Science

Nightjars appear to balance two very different flight needs. Their broad wings help with slow hunting but lose…

Could mathematics help uncover new ways to fight Alzheimer’s disease? A researcher at Mississippi State University is using…

Disaster zones are terrible places to follow a preplanned route. Maps can be incomplete, debris can move, and…

US President Donald Trump purchased up to $5 million in SpaceX debt two days before announcing a new…

The team created a hydrodynamic maze in a laboratory water channel using an array of jets. This produced…

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A disease that has troubled white button mushroom growers for more than 100 years is far more complicated…

A space debris shield of hollow metal eggs cut a projectile’s speed by 64.9 percent in simulations, well…

This prestigious award, which was first awarded in 1901, has recognised scientists and researchers for over a hundred…

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The red-legged sereima (above), which is a contender for the title of “world’s loudest bird” with the bare-throated…

Enceladus’ ocean spray freezes slowly and shatters into grains that each carry mostly one salt, which could make…

Nightjars break the rules of flight with an unusual wing strategy