How cats came to dominate the world

Domestic felines followed trade routes to spread into Europe.

Technology

19 June 2017

Ground-to-air quantum link achieved?

Researchers have transmitted photons to a speeding aircraft, demonstrating technology for space-based quantum communication.

Computer science

16 June 2017

A robot can learn to detect human motion by the tell-tale smoothness with which people move.

Astronomy and astrophysics

16 June 2017

Milky-Way-like galaxies formed through gentle mergers according to mega-simulations.

Zoology

16 June 2017

Adaptations to create sticky traps leaves ground spiders without a safety harness.

Drug discovery

16 June 2017

Natural compound kills bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics.

Cell biology

15 June 2017

Drug that stimulates melanin production could shield skin from damage caused by the Sun.

Ecology

15 June 2017

Collective digging, rather than depositing of soil, triggers mound building by termites.

Ecology

13 June 2017

Faster-drifting sea ice forces bears to travel farther for food.