News and Science Teaching Resources
Scientists solve bird beak mystery
A team of mathematicians and engineers have shown how shorebirds use their long, thin beaks to defy gravity and get food into their mouths.
15-May-2008
The distant universe and the English spy
Astronomers on a mountain-top in Chile, where scenes for the next James Bond movie are being filmed, have been spying on the distant universe.
12-May-2008
New light on earliest Americans
The remains of a dozen huts in a peat bog 500 miles south of Santiago have provided new evidence of the earliest human settlement in the Americas.
8-May-2008
Biggest explosion ever seen
Early on Wednesday morning NASA’s Swift satellite detected an explosion from deep space that was so powerful its afterglow could be seen by the naked eye. But the explosion happened halfway across the visible universe.
21-March-2008
Coral reefs in acid oceans
Carbon emissions from human activities are not just heating up the world. They are changing the ocean’s chemistry. This could soon be fatal to coral reefs.
14-Dec-2007
Modern humans evolving fast
New research shows that humans have been evolving rapidly for the past 40,000 years. This challenges the widespread belief that human evolution has slowed to a crawl or even stopped.
10-Dec-2007
Big bang for flowers
The Tree of Life for flowering plants has been drawn using the largest ever set of data.
26-Nov-2007
Foreman in the brain
Scientists have found a master molecule in the brain that runs the show when we learn new information and skills.
21-Nov-2007
Fresh water from the nucleus
Fresh, clean drinking water wherever it is needed would save lives, promote good health and even prevent war. Nuclear power may be the answer.
20-Nov-2007
Giant supernova mystery
SN 2006gy was the brightest supernova astronomers had ever seen. Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz think they know what happened.
14-Nov-2007
Don't forget the fats
Fish, omega-3 oils, fruit and vegetables may lower your risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. But omega-6 oils could increase it.
12-Nov-2007
Cinnamon genes
The cat genome has been sequenced for the first time, using samples from an Abyssinian cat called Cinnamon.
31-Oct-2007
Adult stem cells are different
Embryonic and adult stem cells control their "stemness" in very different ways.
10-Oct-2007
Sabre cat bit like a pussy cat
Fearsome Ice-Age predator had wimpy bite, say Australian scientists.
1-Oct-2007
Magnetic attraction
Magnets are used by many people to relieve pain. But do they?
24-Sep-2007
Was it warm or was it cold?
Scientists shed new light on how stars were born in the early universe, 13 billion years ago.
13-Sep-2007
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