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Signs of Terry Pratchett’s dementia may have been ...
Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy, a type of dementia caused by Alzheime...
Doubts cast over D-Wave's claim of quantum compute...
D-Wave's claim that its quantum computers can solve problems that would take hundreds of years on cl...
Dozens of dinosaur footprints found in rock at Aus...
Palaeontologists have discovered 66 three-toed dinosaur footprints in a slab of rock that has been o...
Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of t...
Saturn has dozens of new moons, bringing it to a total of 274. All of the new moons are between 2 an...
The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought...
Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemi...
The biggest coincidence in human evolution
Farming arose on multiple continents among populations with radically different cultures and environ...
The epic scientific quest to reveal what makes fol...
Linguists, psychologists and experts in cultural evolution are discovering why we tell stories, how ...
Can we rely on forests to soak up the extra CO2 in...
A patch of old oak trees in the UK is helping scientists to predict how the world’s forests will res...
H5N1 flu is now killing birds on the continent of ...
A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could de...
Giving blood frequently may make your blood cells ...
Men who had given blood more than 100 times in their life were more likely to have blood cells carry...
Major ship collision in UK waters sparks fears of ...
A cargo ship carrying sodium cyanide collided with a tanker transporting jet fuel – scientists are w...
Largest all-electric flying machine begins sea tri...
A 12-passenger “seaglider” that is part boat and part aircraft harnesses Cold War-era technology to ...
Wood-eating beetles may make wildfires emit even m...
When downed trees are attacked by beetles, the wood becomes more flammable, demonstrating another wa...
The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum indu...
Quantum fridges, batteries and clocks are brilliant inventions but still limited in power. Now physi...
Male octopus injects female with venom during sex ...
Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid ...
'Amazing' spinning needle proof unlocks a whole ne...
What shapes are made by a spinning needle? This seemingly innocent problem has puzzled mathematician...
Microsoft under fire for claiming it has a new qua...
Researchers have criticised Microsoft's new Majorana 1 quantum computer, saying it has made claims a...
Thousands join Stand Up for Science rallies across...
Researchers and other advocates for science gathered at Stand Up for Science rallies around the US a...
