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Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two sta...
After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd pla...
How buried cables are revealing Earth’s interior i...
The globe is criss-crossed by unused fibre-optic cables. Now, researchers are using them to defend a...
West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes in the UK f...
“Fragments” of West Nile virus have been detected in UK mosquitoes, suggesting that the virus is cir...
China is readying a mission to two rocky bodies in...
China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission will soon be heading to two extremely different space rocks, and...
Tropical forest loss doubled in 2024 as wildfires ...
A record 67,000 square kilometres of primary rainforest was lost from the tropics in 2024, with glob...
Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of...
The enigmatic crustacean Alicella gigantea is the world’s largest amphipod, but like all deep-sea cr...
How the US military wants to use the world's large...
The world’s largest aircraft, called WindRunner, is being designed to carry huge wind turbine blades...
Earliest galaxy ever seen offers glimpse of the na...
The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such ea...
How an ancient alchemy technique is transforming m...
Today’s chemistry is a wet business, mostly done by mixing compounds in liquid solvents. But a push ...
Vaccine may treat cocaine addiction by blocking dr...
A vaccine that helps people overcome cocaine addiction has shown signs of being safe and effective i...
Ancient Maltese temples may have been schools for ...
The alignment of some megalithic temples in Malta suggests they may have been used to teach sailors ...
Astronomers double down on claim of strongest evid...
Are there aliens living on the exoplanet K2-18b? Some astronomers believe they have evidence for mol...
Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global w...
Satellite observations show the ice sheets are melting faster than expected, and slowing sea level r...
AI doesn't know 'no' – and that's a huge problem f...
Many AI models fail to recognise negation words such as “no” and “not”, which means they can’t easil...
Attempt to reach expert consensus on teens and pho...
There are a range of competing views on whether smartphones and social media are harmful to adolesce...
This new book is a one-sided attempt to puncture t...
The AI Con by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna wants to expose the hype generated by large artificial int...
Capuchin monkeys are stealing howler monkey babies...
A group of white-faced capuchins on a remote island have started stealing infants from another prima...
Why honing your sense of smell could keep you shar...
A declining ability to detect scents is linked to conditions including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. ...
