Too busy to keep track of all the science news during the week?  Don’t fear Synapse is here. Check out this week's news. Curious r...

Louisa Cockbill The Art of Science is a creative arts competition run every year by the Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences at Br...

Too busy to keep track of all the science news during the week?  Don’t fear Synapse is here. Every weekend we will present a round-u...

Tom Stubbs Believe it or not, this  isn't  the work of an artist. This is the Rainbow Eucalyptus tree ( Eucalyptus deglupta ), fa...

NASA astronaut and flight engineer Sunita Williams appears to touch the Sun in this amazing photograph snapped from space. It was taken d...

Gemma Hallam Death’s Head Hawk Moth No it’s not from Star Wars or Dr Who, but it did hold a starring role in The Silence of the Lam...

Tom Stubbs This peculiar creature has only recently become famous and many people have still not even heard of it. The most amazing...

Felicity Russell As the London 2012 Olympics draw to a close and we have watched how our athletes push their bodies to the extreme t...

Tom Stubbs We are over halfway through the Summer Olympic Games of 2012. Over the last week we have witnessed some incredible feat...

Alicja Jedrzejewska Ants, bees and brains, or more specifically rock ants, honeybees and neurones, have surprisingly a lot in common. Ho...

Tom Stubbs Superheroes have amazed audiences for almost 80 years. They showcase a spectacular range of supernatural abilities; but are ...