�鶹��ý

Skip to content

Your personal cloud of microbes can be used to identify you

Humans

Your personal cloud of microbes can be used to identify you

When a person enters a house, they leave behind a unique set of microorganisms that could serve as a fingerprint – and it seems to be accurate enough to spot individual people

News

Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

Earth

Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

News

Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

Life

Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

News

The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes

Life

The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes

News

Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

Earth

Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

News

A picture of the experimental setup

Technology

There is only one anti-shark tool for surfers that seems to work

News

In big cities even the fish are always rushing around the place

Life

In big cities even the fish are always rushing around the place

News

Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

Earth

Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

News

Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

Life

Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

News

Peter Diamonds and Bob Hariri

Life

Frozen placentas could be the ticket to a long and healthy life

Placentas are usually discarded, yet they are packed full of stem cells. Now Bob Hariri and XPrize founder Peter Diamandis aim to harness their potential

Features

Humans

We may have got the evolution of our big brains entirely wrong

News

Humans

World's most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran

News

Earth

Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

News

Earth

Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct

News