Climate matched Europe's ups and downs
CHANGING CLIMATE: Ancient tree rings show links between climate change and major events in human history, like migrations, plagues and the rise and fall of empires, according to a new study.
View ArticleSleep best time to reinforce memory
MEMORY INSIGHTS: A new study claims the best way to 'remember' something important is to remember it while you are asleep.
View ArticleTiny robots reveal why we share
ARTIFICIAL ALTRUISM: Swiss researchers have developed tiny autonomous robots that display self-sacrifice to enable a group's 'genes' to keep going.
View ArticleScientists cook up big bang soup
HOT STUFF: Scientists using the world's largest atom smasher have made some of the hottest and densest substances ever achieved on Earth.
View ArticleScientists study 'hammock' effect on sleep
SIESTA SCIENCE: The rocking motion of a hammock improves sleep quality and helps people get to sleep faster.
View ArticleHiggs boson may be a mirage
NEW PHYSICS?: Scientists chasing the famous HIggs boson say it might not exist after all.
View ArticleMystery factor clouds climate science
MISSING PIECE: Climate scientists have discovered a mystery factor in climate change models.
View ArticleOne small leap for running robots
STEADIER GAIT: Swiss robotics researchers have made a small step towards the holy grail of getting robots to run like humans.
View ArticleHuman-Neanderthal coupling rare: study
KISSING COUSINS: A new study suggests any breeding between humans and neanderthals was most likely a rare event.
View ArticleNeutrinos win but Einstein hasn't lost yet
NEWS ANALYSIS: Many physicists still reject claims the speed of light has been smashed despite a second set of experiments producing identical results.
View ArticleSupercomputer recreates the early cosmos
SIM COSMOS: Scientists using the largest computer simulation of the universe to recreate the web like structure of of an infant universe.
View ArticleMoon born out of cosmic head-on: study
HIT-AND-RUN: A new twist in the theory of how the moon formed claims Earth was the victim of a cosmic hit and run.
View ArticleGoing one up on the Higgs particle
THEORY OF EVERYTHING: Scientists are on the lookout for a hitherto unseen world of particles that could lead to a "theory of everything".
View ArticleTsunami hit Geneva in AD 563
INLAND TSUNAMI: Nearly 1500 years ago a tsunami triggered by a rockfall swept Lake Geneva, Swiss scientists report.
View ArticleNew material for stretchy electronics
BENDY CIRCUITS: Scientists in Switzerland have come up with a material mimicking the way tendons connect to bones.
View ArticleHadron collider on holiday
Seven months after its scientists made a landmark discovery that may explain the mysteries of mass, Europe's top physics lab will take a break from smashing invisible particles to recharge for the next...
View ArticleElusive dark matter on the horizon
Scientists may be close to tracking down the mysterious "dark matter" that makes up more than a quarter of the universe but has never been seen.
View ArticleSlower warming 'may give climate reprieve'
WARMING REPRIEVE?: A recent slowdown in global warming means the harshest climate change predictions are less likely in the immediate decades, say an international team of scientists.
View ArticleHot young stars put theory into a spin
STELLAR FIND: Astronomers have found a new type of hot blue star that regularly changes in brightness, providing new insights into how massive stars evolve.
View ArticleRunaway pulsar has astronomers scratching their heads
MASTER BLASTER: A newly discovered fast-moving pulsar streaking across the galaxy with enormous x-ray jets, appears difficult to explain based on our understanding of the laws of physics, according to...
View ArticleFast-flowing gas curtails black hole growth
GALAXY SHEILD: Astronomers have discovered a powerful gas stream that limits how big a black hole can grow, preventing it from growing faster than the galaxy around it.
View ArticleDark matter is ghostly and non-interactive
COLLIDING GALAXIES: A new study of colliding galaxy clusters has found that dark matter doesn't even interact with itself.
View ArticleExoplanet discovered in comet's clothing
WARM NEPTUNE: Astronomers have discovered a spectacular comet-like tail around a distant planet the size of Neptune.
View ArticleGiant black hole too big for its galaxy
ANCIENT GIANT: Astronomers have discovered a monster black hole has grown surprisingly way out of proportion to its ancient galaxy.
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