Science Alert

Wednesday th 25th of June 2014

Facial recognition software helps decipher secret messages on bird eggs - 02:00

Young women with PCOS have an increased risk of developing diabetes - 01:00

The secrets of the Sun's colossal, plasma rainstorms revealed - 01:00

Tuesday th 24th of June 2014

Physicists have made it 72 times faster to boot up quantum computers - 23:30

Australian researchers have come up with a better of producing porous sheets of graphene - 23:30

New white dwarf star is an Earth-sized diamond - 21:30

FEATURE: What causes a double red rainbow? - 10:02

VIDEO: Optimus Prime explains why you need to be excited about the James Webb Space Telescope - 10:02

Powdered caffeine in salt shakers is now a thing - 10:02

Text-messaging isn’t, like, ruining young people’s grammar - 00:30

Monday th 23rd of June 2014

A new spider species with amazing camouflaging abilities has been discovered - 23:00

Watch out, beach lovers! UV light exposure could be physically addictive - 19:01

These new smart curtains respond to light and don't need batteries - 19:00

FEATURE: Australian scientists are using genetics to breed more sustainable prawns - 11:00

Germany can now produce half its energy from solar - 10:30

New materials are as light as "frozen smoke" but 10,000 times stiffer - 10:00

FEATURE: Revealing our beautiful and invisible wireless world - 10:00

A mysterious object has appeared and then disappeared on Saturn's largest moon - 09:30

FEATURE: Scientists take on beetles that attack plants from below - 04:00

Time travel has been simulated by Australian physicists - 00:40

Sunday th 22nd of June 2014

FEATURE: Watch a supersonic ping pong ball DESTROY a wooden paddle - 05:00

Yes, staring at a screen all day DOES damage your eyes, and here's how - 05:00

Limb regeneration in humans: salamanders may hold the key - 04:00

Saturday th 21st of June 2014

FEATURE: Is it time to move exams into the 21st century? - 02:30

This drone can subdue protesters with pepper spray paintballs - 00:30

FEATURE: WATCH: Does technology ruin our relationships? - 00:30

Friday th 20th of June 2014

Quantum behaviour has been discovered in algae - 04:30

Scientists discover a hidden ‘guest’ in Picasso’s The Blue Room - 01:30

Thursday th 19th of June 2014

A novel way to end the superbug reign - 22:00

Neuroscientists want handwriting back - 19:00

Sea stars are dissolving into goo - 07:00

Researchers want you to change your car for a mini-helicopter - 06:30

Fish-eating spiders are real, and they cover most of the planet - 03:00

Wednesday th 18th of June 2014

Those little microbeads in your soap are plastic, and they're damaging the environment - 22:00

Scientists may have found a way to “close” the broken nitrogen cycle - 22:00

Amazon has launched an “sort of 3D” smartphone that always knows where you’re looking - 15:00

A new study links short-term memory loss to stress - 03:00

New water bear species discovered in Antarctica - 00:30

The science behind double tornadoes - 00:30

Tuesday th 17th of June 2014

FEATURE: WATCH: What plants gossip about - 23:30

FEATURE: There’s a scientific reason your iPhone headphones are always tangled - 13:12

New technology makes decayed teeth repair themselves - 11:07

Scientists may have worked out how stress causes heart attacks - 10:00

FEATURE: WATCH: Is it OK to sit on a public toilet seat? - 09:30

Researchers have developed robots that self-assemble when heated - 06:31

Monday th 16th of June 2014

A device inspired by a beetle pulls water from thin air - 23:30

FEATURE: Video: Hoverboards are real! - 11:32

FEATURE: Watch an interview with the man who was with Steve Irwin when he died - 10:00

People who drink and drive can’t avoid this breathalyser test - 09:01

Astronauts can now enjoy a cuppa every morning - 09:01