Punk dinosaur had ginger Mohican

We at TG Daily always had a sneaking suspicion that the makers of Barney had got it a bit wrong. And now it turns out that dinosaurs weren't purple at all - but ginger!

Machine learning helps produce 'wiring diagram' of the human brain

MIT is using automated machine learning to help develop a 'wiring diagram' of the human brain.

Hah! Rock 'n roll generation has really good hearing

Your mother was wrong, and now you can prove it. All that loud music probably hasn't done your hearing any harm at all.

Laughter is a universal language

Laugh, and the world laughs with you: a new study suggests that both laughing and crying are universal across cultures.

Girls' fear of math is learned from their teachers

Female elementary school teachers who are anxious about math pass on their fears to the girls that they teach.

Men don't feel guilty enough

Men are insensitive bastards, according to a new study, which finds they feel much less guilt than women.

Four-winged bird sheds light on origins of flight

A Chinese-American team says it's settled the long-standing question of how bird flight began.

Gates says malaria vaccine could be here in three years

Bill Gates says a malaria vaccine could be as little as three years away, with a prototype entering final trials.

The end of the world is nigher than thought

Entropy: it's a bugger, innit? One day, the universe and everything in it will run down and die, making all human endeavour utterly worthless.

Usain Bolt: could do better, say scientists

Humans could run at 40 miles per hour, according to scientists, who reckon they have established the theoretical limits of running speed.

Skydiver plans freefall from the stratosphere

He says he's hoping to gain useful information about the stratosphere for future astronauts, but we suspect it's all just showing off.

Surprise, surprise: boys who watch porn have crap relationships

Boys who watch porn are more likely to think sexual harassment is acceptable and less likely to form successful relationships when they get older.

Aliens might be bug-eyed monsters after all

A nervous astronomer from the UK's Royal Observatory in Greenwich warns that we should be jolly careful about contacting extra-terrestrials because they could turn out to be more Alien than ET.

Levitating magnet provides new nuclear fusion technique

A new experiment to reproduce planetary magnetic fields could be an important step towards nuclear fusion.

Genetic tool tracks superbug transmission

A new genetic analysis tool can distinguish between strains of the deadly superbug MRSA, and even identify when and where in the world each strain arose.

Missionary position is bad for your health

Too much sex can give you carpal tunnel syndrome, according to a researcher - and, yes, he's talking about sex with other people.

Jeans double as rechargeable batteries

In response, presumably, to massive public demand, scientists have developed a way to recharge cellphones and the like by plugging them into your clothing.

Txtspk hlps kdz spell

It flies in the face of all common sense, but apparently texting is actually good for kids' spelling.

Plasma jets could replace the dentist's drill

The dentist's drill could soon be a thing of the past. Plasma jets could be just as effective at cleaning out decayed teeth - and a damn sight less painful.

Monkeys can do math

First it's chatty dolphins, now it's mathematical monkeys. They can add, subtract and make decisions on the basis of their calculations, new research shows.