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Major US cities like New York and Seattle are sink...
Groundwater extraction, plate tectonics and consequences of the last glacial period mean that most o...
The maths that tells us when a scientific discover...
When huge scientific discoveries are made, you may hear that they are “statistically significant” or...
Dementia cases are rising faster in China than the...
Cases of dementia doubled worldwide between 1990 and 2021, but more than quadrupled in China during ...
99.999 per cent of the deep seabed remains unexplo...
Deep-sea submersibles have been diving for decades, but records show that we have still only explore...
Science is a Pandora's box – but we should open it...
We are often warned of the consequences of knowing too much, but even when scientific ideas have the...
What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re ...
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. No...
The birds upending our idea of shared parenting
Superb starlings appear to swap between parent and ‘nanny’ roles to help raise chicks over their lif...
Strange microbes give clues to the ancestor of all...
The origin of complex eukaryotic cells, of the type found in all plants and animals, is shrouded in ...
Concerns raised over AI trained on 57 million NHS ...
The makers of an AI model called Foresight say it could help predict disease or hospitalisation rate...
England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edite...
A UK parliamentary committee has greenlit gene-edited plants. This is great news, as it will boost f...
Nothing is stronger than quantum connections – and...
The mathematics of graphs has helped reveal a principle that limits the strength of quantum correlat...
Why physicists keep trying to get rid of space-tim...
Physicists are trying to ditch the concept of space-time – the supposed fabric of physical reality. ...
A clean energy source may be lurking beneath mount...
As the search for geologic hydrogen - a potential clean source of energy beneath the ground - contin...
Chronic pain could be eased by learning to regulat...
A type of cognitive behavioural therapy that focuses on mindfulness and tolerating distress has show...
What 7 fiendishly hard puzzles tell us about the n...
25 years ago, a $1 million reward was promised to anyone who could solve one of seven incredibly har...
Landslide rescuers to get help from rapid analysis...
Being able to quickly pinpoint the location of events such as landslides and pyroclastic flows will ...
Shingles vaccine linked with lower risk of many co...
Shingles is associated with an increased chance of health problems like strokes and heart attacks, b...
US government is using AI for unprecedented social...
Under the Trump administration, multiple US government agencies are using AI and other tools to broa...
