June 9, 2018

Here’s how long it really takes to break a habit, according to science

From daily tooth-brushing to the 11am coffee, we all have dozens of habits that get us through our daily routine.

Neuroscientists accidentally discovered a whole new role for the cerebellum

One of the best-known regions of the brain, the cerebellum accounts for just 10 percent of the organ’s total volume,

This device sucks drinking water out of dry desert air, powered only by the Sun

When it comes to future challenges, one of the biggest will be water scarcity – on a warming planet we’re

There are now so many city rats they’ve split into distinct ‘uptown’ and ‘downtown’ populations

Welcome to the age of the urban rat. There are about 2 million New York City rats, a 2014 estimate

Bees can understand an incredibly complicated mathematical concept

When it comes to bees, it seems that nothing really does matter. As shown in a paper published today, our

The body of a mysterious sea creature has washed up in Namibia

Last week the corpse of a mysterious, 6-metre (20-foot) long sea creature washed up in Namibia, confusing experts over whether

Yellowstone visitors keep getting attacked by animals for a really stupid reason

If the elk of Yellowstone National Park had a spokeswoman, she would be working overtime trying to set the record