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Early humans spread as far north as Siberia 400,00...
A site in Siberia has evidence of human presence 417,000 years ago, raising the possibility that hom...
Autonomous e-scooters could ride themselves back t...
Teams of staff usually return e-scooters to where they will be needed, but adapted scooters that can...
This cosy, charming puzzle game has you saving for...
Set in an English manor in 1890, Botany Manor is a video game that places you in the shoes of a bota...
Extreme heat in 2023 linked to drastic slump in gr...
Last year’s marine heatwaves saw an unprecedented decline in the growth of phytoplankton and algae, ...
Dietary changes relieve irritable bowel syndrome b...
Both a special diet that excludes “FODMAP” compounds and a low-carb high-fibre diet were effective
Cocaine seems to hijack brain pathways that priori...
Cocaine and morphine hijacked neural responses in the brains of mice, which resulted in them consumi...
Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the...
The vertebrae of Vasuki indicus, a snake that lived 47 million years ago, suggest it could have been...
Jupiter's moon Io has been a volcanic inferno for ...
Measurements of sulphur isotopes in Io’s atmosphere show that the moon may have been volcanically ac...
Quantum-proof encryption may not actually stop qua...
Cryptographers are scrambling to understand an algorithm that could undermine the mathematics behind...
Particles move in beautiful patterns when they hav...
A mathematical model of a particle that remembers its past so that it never travels the same path tw...
Ancient Maya burned their dead rulers to mark a ne...
In the foundations of a Maya temple, researchers found the charred bones of royal individuals – poss...
What is cloud seeding and did it cause the floods ...
Cloud seeding almost certainly did not play a significant role in the flooding on the Arabian penins...
Ancient marine reptile found on UK beach may be th...
The jawbone of an ichthyosaur uncovered in south-west England has been identified as a new species, ...
Ancient humans lived inside a lava tube in the Ara...
Underground tunnels created by lava flows provided humans with shelter for thousands of years beneat...
How to see the Lyrid meteor shower and when is the...
Caused by debris from a comet thought to originate in the Oort Cloud, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks ...
Old-fashioned pessimism might actually help us fig...
Negative thinking is unpopular but it could drive more realistic efforts to limit harm from global w...
Skin-deep wounds can damage gut health in mice
We know there is some connection between skin and gut health, but many assumed the gut was the one c...
Turning plants blue with gene editing could make r...
Weeding robots can sometimes struggle to tell weeds from crops, but genetically modifying the plants...
