When people get frightened by something, they're said to 'jump out of their own skin' – and this newly discovered gecko species shows there's actually a biological precedent for that, Read article

Dragonfly wings can rip apart bacteria without antibiotics We finally know why

While other noble gas elements have shown signs of forming compounds under extreme pressure, helium has remained firmly exclusive - until now. Scientists report creating what appears to be a stable helium-sodium compound, and it challenges…

Sorry, Einstein - physicists just reinforced the reality of quantum weirdness in the Universe

Scientists have developed a special nanoparticle coating that's easy to apply to normal paper and changes colour when ultraviolet (UV) light shines on it. The colour change can be reversed when the coating is heated to 120 degrees Celsius (…