Electrodes threaded through blood vessels let people control gadgets with their minds. By Adam Rogers.

If recycling plastics makes no sense, remake the plastics. New catalytic approaches convert plastic into liquid fuels, nanotubes

First room-temperature superconductor. A few million atmospheres of pressure lets mundane chemicals superconduct. By John Timmer

What happens when your natural sleeping pattern is at odds with the rest of the world? By Rachel Hall.

Animals have evolved to use numbers to exploit food sources, avoid predators and reproduce. By Andreas Nieder.

The CoVid-19 pandemic has revealed that we don't need handshakes. By Steve Mirsky.

Natural selection for hypersocial traits enabled Earth's apex species to best Neandrtals and other competitors.

In a plague outbreak in the 1630's Galileo was forced to find new ways of researching and connecting with his family. By Hannah Marcus

Dogs see the world differently than people, but it's a myth that they see only black, white and shades of gray. By Nancy Dreschel

Absence of audio recording technology makes 'when' a tough question to answer. But there are theories as to 'why'. By Matt Soniak