http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/ The latest Science from Fortean Times UK en-GB Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:25:23 +0100 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:25:23 +0100 webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/5788/talking_with_animals.html Could there really be pets that understand everything we say? Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:08:39 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/5566/the_men_in_white_suits.html Inventions that never make it off the drawing board Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:43:46 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/5122/ooze_around_the_maze.html Intelligent slime moulds are now showing up in laboratory testing Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:57:32 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/4783/thinking_doggiestyle.html Has our long shared history with dogs shaped their brains - and ours? Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:02:56 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/4729/precognition_and_porn.html New evidence for PSI? Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:41:45 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/4588/threecoursemeal_gum.html The scrumdiddlyumptious Willy Wonka sweet, coming soon to a tuckshop near you Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:26:49 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/4345/the_cosmic_quintessence.html From earliest times, humans have wondered about the Universe – how did it come into being and what is it made of? It seems that answers remain beyond our grasp. Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:22:04 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/3919/the_mark_of_cain.html Anthropometry, and why ugly people are more likely to break the law Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:02:33 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/3724/modern_frankensteins.html The media is again hailing a scientist's creation of artificial life, but he's not the first... Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:07:51 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/3538/a_lot_to_crow_about.html You can learn a lot about animal intelligence - and about human stupidity - from the corvid family Thu, 27 May 2010 09:26:33 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/3076/nanobacteria.html Might a newly-discovered class of microbe menace us with everything from arthritis to Alzheimer's? Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:18:19 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/2989/magial_thinking.html British businessman sells 'magic wands' to Iraqi security forces Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:25:11 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/2857/sonic_policing.html The sound weapon being used for crowd control Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:45:57 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/2806/cold_cases.html The human body's response to extreme cold is bizarre and little understood Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:53:48 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/2566/remote_killing_fields.html When psychics attack Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:40:01 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/2368/chimeras_and_mosaics.html Half one thing and half another Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:37:59 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/20/questioning_perceptual_blindness.html European explorers found indigenous peoples unable to see their tallships – or did they? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/76/finding_concrete_evidence.html Modern inventions constantly break new ground – but sometimes they merely rediscover the lost knowledge of older civilisations. David Hambling builds a case for the ancient construction trade. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/367/more_on_the_ninth_wave.html Seafarers’ tales of the “Ninth Wave” have long been dismissed as impossible by scientists. No longer. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/382/hive_minds.html Birds’ aerobatic displays, vast shoals of fish and termites building their mounds all demonstrate remarkable coordination – but is it intelligence or something else entirely? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/science/398/manufacturing_models.html The creation of the golem is a part of folklore, explains David Hambling, yet the idea of manmade beings lives on through modern robots, AI and computers. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 0