Scientists have been rejuvenating old mice with infusions of not just the blood of younger mice, but even blood from teenage human beings – and we finally have our first clues on why this strange technique works. Researchers have discovered an enzyme that helps rescue ageing brains from cognitive decline. So far it’s only been …

Airbus has shared new footage of its autonomous robot taxi taking to the skies for the first time. The flying taxi, dubbed Alpha One, is part of Project Vahana, the aerospace giant’s advanced projects division. The video shows the self-flying drone hovering above the ground for about a minute or so, before smoothly lowering itself …

To the untutored ear, the trills and tweets of songbirds may just be pretty background noise. But some, it seems, have duetting skills similar to Frank and Nancy Sinatra. Researchers who studied cranebrake wrens in Costa Rica found that a parent and child take it in turn to sing the lines of their songs, learning …

It’s sometimes hard to pinpoint exactly what it is that attracts us to someone. It might be their confidence, or their sense of humour, or you might just like the way they look. A lot of research over the years has gone into trying to work out what it is that makes us fancy each …

Researchers from KU Leuven and the universities of Pittsburgh, Stanford, and Penn State (US) have identified fifteen genes that determine our facial features. The findings were published in Nature Genetics. Our DNA determines what we look like, including our facial features. That appeals to the popular imagination, as the potential applications are obvious. Doctors could …