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Rats thousands of miles apart collaborate on simple tasks with their brains connected through the internet

Taking the interdisciplinary path is not easy, but universities can boost interaction between researchers and departments through social spaces that foster collegiality, says Elizabeth Dzeng.

Though wildly ambitious, Google's augmented reality headgear is equipped to transform everyday life, says John Naughton.

The goal of BenchPress is not to turn journalists into scientists but to give them a sense of how numbers behave in the wild

People around the world are sharing access to cars, houses, skills – everything is a commodity.

As London's Royal Society prepared to award its annual book prize, we asked five top writers to debate what makes good science writing in a technically minded age

Does big data have the answers? Maybe some, but not all, says Mark Graham

With a new projection of the globe and data on every hurricane for the last 161 years, developer John Nelson has visualised every one on record.

By encouraging people to talk about the achievements of women whom they admire in science, technology, engineering and maths, we can create new role models for girls and women involved in these traditionally male-dominated areas

After 'Twittergate', Ernesto Priego explores the ethics of live-tweeting academic events and provides 10 points to bear in mind when navigating this emerging social media minefield