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cell biology

humpback whale feeding next a salmon hatchery

Life

Whales sneak into shallow water to eat salmon from hatcheries

Humpbacks have been spotted feeding on baby salmon bred for release into the wild to restock fisheries for the first time, competing with fishermen

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Babies play in a daycare together. They play with blocks

Life

Even toddlers expect bullies to get more than their fair share

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lab worker

Life

The ethics issue: Should we let synthetic life forms loose?

Features

child awake in bed

Health

Children who sleep less may age faster at a cellular level

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Close-up of a mouse

Health

Old brains can’t hear similar sounds but a drug can change that

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The way we run protects our upper bodies but our legs suffer

Health

The way we run protects our upper bodies but our legs suffer

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age artwork

Health

Why your real age may be older – or younger – than your years

Features

Chimps are not as superhumanly strong as we thought they were

Life

Chimps are not as superhumanly strong as we thought they were

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Peruvian monkey avoids stomach trouble by adding mud to its diet

Life

Peruvian monkey avoids stomach trouble by adding mud to its diet

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Synthetic iris could let cameras react to light like our eyes do

Technology

Synthetic iris could let cameras react to light like our eyes do

The iris in our eyes shrinks the pupil in bright light and enlarges it in the dark, and now an artificial version could do the same for both eyes and cameras

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Health

Special cells explain why cabbage and stress churn your guts

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Earth

Italy’s drying lakes imperil rare shrimp species found only here

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Earth

Oil-exploration airguns punch 2-kilometre-wide holes in plankton

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Technology

Radio powered by your own sweat hints at future of wearables 

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