science

Our experiments have revealed that we’re getting it wrong when it comes to crime and punishment. This is undermining society, say Raihan Alam and Tage Rai Source link

Keith Thomas, a man in his 40s with no sensation or movement in his hands, is able to feel and move objects by controlling another person’s hand via a brain implant. The technique might one day even allow us to experience another person’s body over long distances. Source link

Record-breaking ocean temperatures have caused widespread bleaching and death among warm-water corals, which could have far-reaching consequences Source link

Short pulses of light that impart rotation on a material’s atoms can be used to switch a property called ferroaxiality, which could let us build very stable and efficient memory devices Source link

Just because a food is ultra-processed doesn’t mean it is unhealthy. Regulation and eating advice must reflect this, say Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall, co-authors of Food Intelligence: The science of how food both nourishes and harms us Source link

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi have been honoured for the development of metal-organic frameworks, porous materials that can capture water or pollutants Source link

Endurance, the wooden ship that Ernest Shackleton took to Antarctica in 1915, wasn’t built to withstand frozen seas – and the famous explorer knew it Source link

Sandra Knapp, chair of the judging panel for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, explains why neurologist Masud Husain’s collection of case studies is such an enlightening, compassionate book Source link

Fermented foods make up a third of what we eat and were mostly discovered by accident centuries ago. Now a fermentation revolution is promising extraordinary new flavours and novel ways to boost gut health Source link