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May 2024 is the twelfth month in a row to break he...
The global average temperature during May was highest for any May on record, reaching 1.52°C above t...
Earth’s atmosphere is trapping twice as much heat ...
Earth’s energy imbalance, a key measure of global warming, has doubled in the past 20 years, raising...
Mathematicians can't agree what 'equals' means, an...
What does "equals" mean? For mathematicians, this simple question has more than one answer, which is...
An already dead star is dying for a second time
A pulsar, the spinning remnants of a star that blew up in a supernova, has been spotted rotating at ...
How bats pick out their own calls when flying in e...
Researchers trained a hawk outfitted with microphones to fly through a swarm of 600,000 bats, reveal...
Glasses coated in lithium could let us see in the ...
A film made of lithium niobate and gratings of silicon dioxide converts infrared light into visible ...
Gene therapy enables five children who were born d...
Five children have had gene therapy to treat inherited deafness, this time in both ears, following t...
People are less likely to believe an AI if it conv...
When a large language model expresses doubt about the information it supplies, people are less likel...
Why excessive positivity is bad for your health an...
There are real benefits to a positive mindset, but the idea that we should always look on the bright...
Starship launch 4: What time is the SpaceX flight ...
SpaceX is getting ready to launch its massive Starship rocket tomorrow and we have all the details o...
China is sending giant pandas to US zoos for the f...
In recent years, China recalled pandas from three out of four US zoos that had the bears, signalling...
Glitching radio waves from dead stars explained by...
Pulsars that emit radio waves “glitch” as they rotate – this seems to be caused by interruptions to ...
Diet-monitoring AI tracks your each and every spoo...
An AI that watches you while you eat can estimate how much you’re consuming, and could help people t...
Ancient snake drawings are among the largest known...
Rock art along the Orinoco river in South America is made up of some of the largest etchings we know...
Morning exercise may be optimal for improving bone...
Mice that exercised soon after waking up had stronger and longer bones than those that exercised lat...
Endangered giant pangolin spotted in Senegal after...
A rare sighting of a giant pangolin revives hopes for the species' survival in West Africa, despite ...
How materials that rewind light can test physics' ...
Strange solids called temporal metamaterials finally make it possible to investigate the controversi...
Ancient geese stood 3 metres tall and weighed as m...
A rare fossil skull provides strong evidence that the Dromornithidae, an extinct group of Australian...
