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Why falling birth rates will be a bigger problem t...
Birthrates are projected to have fallen below the replacement level, of 2.1 per woman, in more than ...
Extinct freshwater dolphin from the Amazon was lar...
A dolphin that lived in the Amazon 16 million years ago grew to a length of 3.5 metres – larger than...
Ancient canoes hint at bustling trade in Mediterra...
Italian canoes capable of transporting people and goods have been dated to the Neolithic period, sug...
Billions of stars have swallowed up a planet
Twin stars that were born together should have the same composition, and the fact that many don’t su...
Ancient campsite may show how humans survived volc...
Evidence from an archaeological site in Ethiopia suggests ancient humans adapted their diet during a...
How to wrap your head around the most mind-bending...
From the many worlds interpretation to panpsychism, theories of reality often sound absurd. Here’s h...
Flying drone can roll on the ground to save energy...
Researchers claim to have combined the benefits of rolling robots with those of flying drones by cre...
Mathematician wins 2024 Abel prize for making sens...
Michel Talagrand has won the 2024 Abel prize for his work researching probability theory and the ext...
Artists who use AI are more productive but less or...
An analysis of work posted on a popular art-sharing website finds that users who adopted generative ...
Human brains have been mysteriously preserved for ...
Intact human brains 12,000 years old or more have been found in unexpected places such as shipwrecks...
Amazingly preserved Bronze Age village reveals lif...
A settlement in the east of England burned down in a fire 3000 years ago, falling into a muddy water...
CRISPR could disable and cure HIV, suggests promis...
The gene-editing strategy could be a way to disable HIV that lies dormant in immune cells, meaning p...
Common antibiotics can regenerate heart cells in a...
A combination of widely available antibiotics may be able to treat heart failure after researchers f...
DeepMind and Liverpool FC develop AI to advise on ...
An AI model trained on data from Premier League matches can help football coaches devise tactics for...
Why supersonic, diamond-spewing volcanoes might be...
Strange volcanos called kimberlites bring diamonds up from Earth's depths. Scientists have always st...
Gene variants may protect against brain disease li...
Remote tribes in Papua New Guinea were ravaged in the 20th century by kuru, which was spread when pe...
'Red alert' after key global warming records were ...
2023 wasn't just the hottest year on record by far, it also saw record glacier loss, sea level rise,...
'Forever chemicals' have infiltrated food packagin...
Nearly 70 "forever chemicals", also known as PFAS, are commonly found in materials that come into co...
