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Farmers used trash to grow crops in barren sand 10...
Crops don't generally thrive in desert-like ground, but 1000 years ago farmers in Israel utilised re...
Surprising fossils suggest early animals survived ...
A new look at fossils from the Cambrian Period around 500 million years ago has revealed that some o...
Meet the man who single-handedly tracks every spac...
For more than 40 years, Jonathan McDowell has tirelessly catalogued the space industry. Now he is pl...
Dyes made by microbes could reduce the environment...
A UK start-up is producing dyes made by bacteria and yeast rather than fossil fuel-derived chemicals...
Giant megalodon sharks may have sparred with their...
Fossil teeth of extinct megalodon sharks have grooves made by other megalodon teeth, hinting at viol...
Carbon-neutral hydrogen can be produced from farm ...
Bioethanol made from fermented agricultural waste can be turned into zero-carbon hydrogen through a ...
California’s groundwater drought continues despite...
Seismic measurement of Los Angeles’s depleted aquifers show a year of heavy precipitation hasn’t bee...
Rewilding is often championed, but could it be bad...
Conservation projects in wealthy but nature-depleted countries can cause food and timber production ...
Why we may crave dessert even when we are full fro...
In mice, the neurons that dictate the feeling of being full are also the ones that cause sugar cravi...
Using AI tools like ChatGPT can reduce critical th...
A survey of workers who used generative AI to complete tasks found that they used critical thinking ...
Quantum batteries charge faster the larger they ar...
Batteries built on quantum principles could offer fast charging and discharging – and the technology...
Most Europeans may have had dark skin until less t...
Ancient DNA from 348 individuals suggests that pale skin became the predominant characteristic of pe...
Mouse brain slices brought back to life after bein...
In a step towards suspended animation of people, slices of mouse brains have shown near-normal activ...
Tiny dwarf galaxy might house a supermassive black...
Fast-moving stars zooming through our galaxy might have been slingshotted from a black hole inside t...
Oil firms' plans for net-zero oil extraction label...
A comprehensive analysis pours cold water on claims that using carbon dioxide captured from the atmo...
Competition opens to find the world's most perplex...
Software developers entering the International Obfuscated C Code Contest must write programs that lo...
Using common painkiller in pregnancy might raise A...
Children may have a higher risk of developing ADHD if their mothers used paracetamol – also known as...
Why AI firms should follow the example of quantum ...
While artificial intelligence and quantum computing insiders have both been guilty of hyping up thei...
