Catherine Upex reports on why hedgehogs are in danger and what the University of Leeds is doing to help.
Teen invents revolutionary infection-detecting sutures
A 17 year-old from Iowa City is taking the medicine industry by storm with her award-winning dye technique.
Xenobots: Fast-tracked evolution or frog-cell Frankenstein?
Pearce Curran explains a new technological phenomenon – and how it could change the face of medicine.
Arachnid architects: How a cunning Madagascan spider traps its prey
New research has found a new way spiders are catching their prey… and a new kind of prey…
Bedwetting? It’s in your genes
Scientists have found a gene which may be causing those over the age of 5 to wet the bed…
Barking mad: Dogs may be smarter than you think
A new study has found dogs have a processing capacity similar to a 1 year-old…
Why the Oostvaardersplassen rewilding scheme may have missed the mark
A delve into the ethical considerations of rewilding, and how one site may have failed to hit the mark.
Positive science from 2020
Because lord knows we need it.
Weight on our shoulders: human-made materials outweigh living things
The human impact on Earth is so significant there is now more plastic, concrete, and metal than living things. Just how much of our natural world is left?
University Offers Staff and Equipment to Support NHS in Effort to Fight Coronavirus
Last Friday, the University of Leeds announced it was doing its part in helping fight the coronavirus epidemic by offering support in terms of equipment, staff, and its campus space. The University has made available […]
The Missing Link
11.62 million-year-old fossils discovered in the Allgäu region of Bavaria between 2015 and 2018 bear remarkable anatomic traits of both apes and early humans and may be evidence of the last common ancestor before the […]
Chytrid Chaos
Chytrid disease is one of the greatest threats to amphibians worldwide and a problem that is only increasing as it spreads across continents. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, shortened to Bd, is the species of fungus responsible for […]