Looking back over the centuries-long development of journalism, its progress has repeatedly benefitted from transformations ...

The RMS Titanic's wireless telegraph service allowed the ship to communicate through Morse code. But with no standard ...

Imagine what life would be like without your phone, the internet, or even something as simple as electricity. It’s hard to picture, right? We enjoy the comforts and conveniences of today thanks to the ...

Cynthia Evans, 100, with a Bletchley Park Commemorative Badge for her codebreaking work during World War Two A 100-year-old veteran codebreaker who intercepted German messages has spoken publicly for ...

Do you need help growing the fool’s emerald plant in Botany Manor? This chapter five bloom is a tricky (but fun) one! Of all the plants to grow in Botany Manor, fool’s emerald is perhaps the most ...

As the Bay Area gears up for the holiday shopping rush, one tradition in Berkeley almost came to an end. The annual Telegraph Holiday Street Fair was nearly canceled for running afoul of a new city ...

Since decoding the “waggle dance” in the 1940s, bees have been at the forefront of research into insect intellect. A new study shows that bees can be trained to understand the dot-dash behavior of ...

In Morse code, a short duration flash or ‘dot’ denotes a letter ‘E’ and a long duration flash, or ‘dash’, means letter ‘T’. Until now, the ability to discriminate between ‘dot’ and ‘dash’ has been ...

Bumblebees can learn to understand a simple kind of Morse code and differentiate between long and short light flashes, according to a new study. Researchers have shown for the first time that the ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists found that bumblebees can tell the difference between short and long light flashes, much like recognizing Morse code. The insects learned which signal led to a ...

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that an insect—the bumblebee Bombus terrestris—can decide where to forage for food based on different durations of visual ...