The burrowing owls of Argentina have embraced town life. While owl nests in rural areas can be separated by as much as 15 kilometres, urban nests may be little more than 10 metres apart. So do urban owls stay faithful, like their country cousins? Image: Annette Herz
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As teaching begins to move online, we no longer need to wait until the end of a course to perform assessments. Instead, computer software can assess understanding during the learning process itself by analysing a student’s every mouse click and keystroke. So could we finally be able to get rid of the dreaded final exam? Image: Paul Robert Lloyd
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With virtual reality back in the news – Facebook has just forked out $2 billion for Oculus VR – has the technology has managed to eliminate the motion sickness problems that plagued the technology in the early 1990s? Image: Sergey Galyonkin
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Synthetic biologists have cooked up something new: an entirely synthetic chromosome. The development is being hailed as a milestone for biology. It could lead to microbes that produce exotic materials not found in nature. Image: Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
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What a nerve! Skin cells taken from people with bipolar disorder have been turned into brain cells. These in turn are offering up clues about the changes in the brain that drive the disorder, and may also provide a way to test new treatments. Image: CodonAUG
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