Year: 2015

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Deus Sex Machina: The Ethics of Robot Love

Sean Welsh 29/11/2015

The idea of falling in love with a robot...

Viruses are a bigger part of our lives than we think, having infiltrated the DNA of many creatures during their evolution. Credit: slushpup/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

How Viruses Engineer their Way to Bringing Disease, and Also Life

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 26/11/2015

In a manner not too different from societies and...

Professor Lee Berger from the University of the Witwatersrand holding the skull of Homo Naledi. Credit: EPA/Shiraaz Mohamed

Homo Naledi May Be Two Million Years Old (Give or Take)

Francis Thackeray 26/11/2015

What is exciting is the fact that of all...

An advanced tracking system revealed the secret habits of young cowbirds, like this one with a radio transmitter on its back. Credit: Mike Ward

How Do Chicks Raised By Parents of Another Species Know Who They are?

Janaki Lenin 26/11/2015

Chicks raised by parents of another species could face...

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Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the Changing Face of HIV Stigma

Peter Keogh 24/11/2015

Decades on, is HIV still a taboo subject?

Bacteria know no borders. Credit: shankaronline/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Is the Antibiotic Apocalypse Nigh?

Michael Loughlin 22/11/2015

Antibiotic resistant infections are a worldwide issue, and the...

A Swift Observatory image of the luminous afterglow of Gamma Ray Burst GRB 080319B in X-rays (left) and Optical/Ultraviolet (right). Caption and image credit: Wikimedia Commons

ISRO Scores Big With This ASTROSAT Instrument

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/11/2015

Soon after it came online, the Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride Imager was...