We’re getting closer to growing a brain in a lab dish
Most brain organoids lack blood cells, limiting their useImago/Alamy A tiny version…
We have a new way to explain why we agree on the nature of reality
We can usually agree what objects look like, but why?Martin Bond /…
Termination shock could make the cost of climate damage even higher
Solar geoengineering could save the ice sheets – but stopping it could…
Bone cancer therapy unexpectedly makes tumours less painful
An artist’s impression of nanomedicine in actionALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cancer that…
Sea turtles may be more resilient to global warming than we thought
A young loggerhead turtle in the Caribbean Sea near the BahamasWaterFrame/Alamy Sea…
Hybrid megapests evolving in Brazil are threat to crops worldwide
A corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) larva feeding on a cotton plantDebra Ferguson/Design…
Strips of dried placenta help wounds heal with less scarring
A scanning electron micrograph of a section through a human placentaScience Photo…
Octopuses prompt rethink of why animals evolve big brains
Octopuses that live in shallow water – like the common octopus –…
Mars once had a vast sea the size of the Arctic Ocean
Mars was once much wetterNASA/USGS Geological features on Mars suggest the planet…
Volcanoes had lower greenhouse gas emissions in Earth’s past
Arc volcanoes like Sakurajima in Japan release carbon dioxide from Earth’s interiorThe…
