More than one mechanism may underlie memory and learning

The brain seems to form some memories as sequences of events, rather than by coordinated firing of interconnected neurons.

Zoology

12 September 2017

Bold fish run the school

Sticklebacks’ ‘personalities’ control group dynamics

Antibiotics

11 September 2017

Antibiotic-resistance genes may transfer between bacteria accumulating on the seabed.

Particle physics

11 September 2017

Scientists have detected a subatomic particle that contains two charm quarks, the first unambiguous detection of such a particle.

Animal behaviour

08 September 2017

Female cuckoos mimic bird of prey to misdirect the attention of host parents.

Genetics

08 September 2017

Protean creatures owe their skills to a bacterial gene.

Astronomy and astrophysics

08 September 2017

A black hole 100,000 times the mass of the Sun seems to be lurking near the core of our Galaxy.

Anthropology

08 September 2017

Female mobility may have been crucial to cultural transformation.

Ecology

08 September 2017

British navy charts provide missing data that could be vital to ecologists.