Churning galaxy boasts a fiery halo of baby stars
The suburbs are where it's at – a baby boom on the outskirts of a distant galaxy is setting its swirly arms aflame
'Missing' disaster led to all-time worst extinction
There were thought to be five mass extinctions in Earth history. Fossil evidence is now pointing to a sixth – and it's not the human-made Anthropocene
Personal helicopter will be as easy to drive as a car
Within two years, an 18-rotor battery-powered helicopter will be on sale to rich commuters who dream of open skies instead of gridlocked highways
Quantum computer buyers' guide: Buy one today
Can't wait to get your hands on a shiny new quantum computer? The good news is that you can buy one today. The bad news is nobody knows if it actually is one
Transformers: 10 revolutions that made us human
Two million years ago we were just your average primate – then we started to have some revolutionary ideas and human evolution went into hyper-drive
Nonchalant night-time chimp crime caught on camera
Incredible night-vision videos of daring raids on farmers' fields are the first to show chimpanzees operating under cover of darkness
Thoroughly modern humans interbred with Neanderthals
The oldest genome from a modern human reveals that modern humans with modern behaviour interbred with Neanderthals as they spread into Eurasia
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