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Koalas burned in wildfires can now be saved but the treatment is gross

With wildfires on the rise, endangered koalas are more threatened than ever, but a new treatment for burned animals offers a ray of hope. We go inside the world’s only koala hospital

How Mercury and Venus can guide our hunt for alien life on exoplanets

Robotic surgery is turning out to be an expensive fad

The Northern Lights make a mysterious noise and now we might know why

2019-07-04T12:15:00+01:00By David Hambling

For 30 years, one man has been obsessed with the whisperings of the aurora borealis. His search for its origins may finally be over

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Shocking evidence shows people in vegetative states may be conscious
2019-07-10T11:26:00+01:00By Helen Thomson
1 in 10 people thought to be permanently unconscious as a result of brain trauma may actually be aware. The hunt is on for ways to rescue them from their limbo
Have mice really been cured of HIV using CRISPR gene editing?
2019-07-10T11:07:00+01:00By Claire Wilson
What have researchers achieved?The claim is they have eliminated HIV from living animals for the first time, by cutting it out of its hiding places in the body – in other words, that they have cured the animals.
Is organic food better for you? Here’s the truth about the benefits
2019-07-10T10:20:00+01:00
#FactsMatter | Claims about the health benefits of organic foods are often linked to their higher levels of vitamins and antioxidants. Is organic food really better for you?

True AI creativity is coming and will reveal the minds of machines

2019-07-04T13:07:00+01:00By Marcus du Sautoy

Stories abound of machines that are writing, painting and making music. Are we about to enter the creative singularity, asks Marcus du Sautoy. In October 2018, a portrait of Edmond Belamy sold at Christie’s in New York for $432,500, nearly 45 times its maximum estimated price. ...