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Clown visits may shorten the amount of time childr...
Medical clowns, who play with children in hospitals, may help them be discharged sooner by reducing ...
The jet stream may be starting to shift in respons...
Bands of fast-moving wind that blow west to east around the globe play a crucial role in weather – a...
AI helps find simple charging trick to boost batte...
Charging new lithium-ion batteries with high currents can significantly increase their total lifespa...
Sharks leap out of the water more often than you m...
Breaching is a common behaviour in a wide range of sharks and rays, and it is thought to have functi...
The mathematical theory that made the internet pos...
Information theory tells us the limits of what can and cannot be communicated – and without it, the ...
Greenland voyage sheds light on little-known ancie...
On a recent expedition, researchers braved summer storms in northern Greenland to learn the secrets ...
Smart speakers at crime scenes could provide valua...
Information on faces recognised, voice commands and internet searches can be extracted from an Amazo...
Stunningly preserved pterosaur fossils reveal how ...
The largest pterosaurs, ancient reptiles that were the first vertebrates to master flight, may have ...
Evidence mounts that saline nasal drops and sprays...
Saline drops and sprays have already been linked to reduced cold symptoms in adults and now a study ...
Bat die-off led to more insecticide use and more i...
In counties in the US affected by a bat-killing disease, there has been a 31 per cent increase in in...
Mice turned see-through by a dye that lets you wat...
Rubbing a common yellow food dye onto a mouse's skin turns it temporarily transparent, so we can mon...
Even simple bacteria can anticipate the changing s...
Cyanobacteria exposed to shorter days are better at surviving cold conditions, showing that even sim...
Can we spot every incoming asteroid before they hi...
News of the asteroid 2024 RW1 impacting near the Philippines may have come as a shock this week, but...
Rejecting standard cancer treatment like Elle Macp...
People with cancer may have understandable reasons to follow Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson i...
The Atlantic has been suspiciously quiet this hurr...
The forecasts predicted an extreme storm season in the Atlantic, but so far there have only been thr...
Google breakthrough paves way for large-scale quan...
Google has built a quantum computer that makes fewer errors as it is scaled up, and this may pave th...
Sweat monitor could reveal when you are exercising...
A band that measures the acidity of sweat could flag if athletes or manual workers are overexerting ...
The Starliner stranding shows why NASA was wise to...
Space missions are extremely hard. Things going wrong should be expected, so having a sensible plan ...
