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Colossal's plans to "de-extinct" the giant moa are...

After a controversial project claiming to have resurrected the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has n...

A youthful brain and immune system may be key to a...

Maintaining good overall health is key to living a long life, but we may want to particularly focus ...

1500 deaths in the recent European heatwave were d...

We now have the ability to rapidly assess the impact of climate change after extreme weather events ...

Herpes virus could soon be approved to treat sever...

A cancer-killing virus could soon be approved for use after shrinking tumours in a third of people w...

The truth about ivermectin’s supposed health benef...

Interest in the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin skyrocketed during the covid-19 pandemic, but evidenc...

What will be the climate fallout from Trump's 'big...

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” just signed by President Trump will slash support for clean energy, lea...

70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explai...

Geoengineering could avoid climate tipping points,...

Putting aerosols in the stratosphere to reflect sunlight could prevent the shutdown of key ocean cur...

'Flashes of brilliance and frustration': I let an ...

Ordering takeaway food, writing emails, reworking presentations: AI assistants are promoted as a way...

Forests' vanishing snow is also bad news for carbo...

The loss of snow cover in temperate forests is set to slow their growth and reduce their ability to ...

Mathematicians are chasing a number that may revea...

Some numbers are so unimaginably large that they defy the bounds of modern mathematics, and now math...

Rapid bursts of ageing are causing a total rethink...

Suddenly feeling old? Evidence now suggests that rather than a long, steady decline, we dramatically...

Did something just hit Saturn? Astronomers are rac...

Around seven asteroids or comets are thought to hit Saturn ever year, but we have never spotted one ...

US government tests new vapour-sniffing drug detec...

Drugs and explosive chemicals are difficult to detect, but a device more sensitive than a dog’s nose...

Vapour-sniffing drug detector tested at the US-Mex...