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We might have just seen the first hints of dark ma...
Unexplained gamma ray radiation coming from the edge of the Milky Way galaxy could be produced by se...
We may need a fourth law of thermodynamics for liv...
The laws of thermodynamics don't accurately account for the complex processes in living cells – do w...
The long-overlooked insects that could save our cr...
Hoverflies, often mistaken for bees and wasps, pollinate three quarters of our crops. Now we’re disc...
Easily taxed grains were crucial to the birth of t...
The cultivation of wheat, barley and maize, which are easily stored and taxed, seems to have led to ...
Your brain undergoes four dramatic periods of chan...
Our brain wiring seems to undergo four major turning points at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83, which could in...
A new understanding of causality could fix quantum...
Quantum theory fails to explain how the reality we experience emerges from the world of particles. A...
Have we found a greener way to do deep-sea mining?...
There are widespread concerns that deep-sea mining for metals will damage fragile ecosystems. But if...
Sperm's evolutionary origins go back before multic...
Analysis of the DNA and proteins of a range of animals has revealed that sperm’s molecular toolkit a...
Why is climate action stalling, not ramping up as ...
As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate ...
COP30 keeps climate cooperation alive but hanging ...
The 194 countries still taking part in UN climate negotiations reaffirmed the Paris Agreement follow...
Extinct animals in Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age mak...
From woolly mammoths to giant sloths, via some lesser-known ice-age beasts like 'killer koalas', the...
Astronomers may have glimpsed evidence of the bigg...
The distant universe might be littered with supermassive stars between 1000 and 10,000 times the mas...
Undersea ‘storms’ are melting the ‘doomsday’ glaci...
Spinning vortices of water trapped under the Thwaites glacier ice shelf account for 20 per cent of t...
Ancient tracks may record stampede of turtles dist...
Around 1000 markings on a slab of rock that was once a seafloor during the Cretaceous period may hav...
Quantum computers need classical computing to be t...
Conventional computing devices will play a crucial role in turning quantum computers into tools with...
Common type of inflammatory bowel disease linked t...
The discovery that a toxin made by bacteria found in dirty water might help trigger ulcerative colit...
Moss spores survive and germinate after 283-day 's...
Astronauts strapped moss spores to the outside of the International Space Station for nine months - ...
Mouse 'midwives' help their pregnant companions gi...
Scientists have observed mice helping each other when they encounter difficulties during birth, prom...
