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Buckland with big fish

Life

Earwigs and rotten panther: The diet of a Victorian eccentric

Frank Buckland ate his way through the animal kingdom, but as The Man Who Ate The Zoo shows, the naturalist also pioneered fish farming to feed the UK's poorest

Culture

Platanista gangetica gangetica river dolphin

Life

Rare river dolphins get trapped in fishing nets as waters drop

News

Man in crowd holding figure 14

Humans

Language trends run in mysterious 14-year cycles

News

Being popular is good for health - in monkeys, at least

Life

Being popular is good for health - in monkeys, at least

News

Coal-fired power plant

Earth

Finland set to become first country to ban coal use for energy

News

harbour porpoises swim underwater

Life

Porpoises plan their dives and can set their heart rate to match

News

Projected sprite makes Shakespeare’s <i>The Tempest</i> a messy triumph

Technology

Projected sprite makes Shakespeare’s The Tempest a messy triumph

Culture

Flying machines and chickens: The art of thinking about science

Life

Flying machines and chickens: The art of thinking about science

Culture

EM drive

Space

Is new talk of interstellar drive too good to be true?

Comment

Energy-efficient engine turns waste hot water into electricity

Technology

Energy-efficient engine turns waste hot water into electricity

The first industry trials are planned for the Exergyn Drive, which generates power from hot water and could reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions

News

Life

Hacker, the humpback whale who got tangled in an internet cable

Regulars

Health

Old Scientist: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1

Regulars

Life

Pilot whales babysit each other’s young while swimming in groups

News

Physics

The world in 2076: Goodbye electricity, hello superconductivity

Features