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Giant sequoia trees are growing surprisingly quick...
Since their introduction in the 1800s, giant sequoia trees in the UK have grown up to 55 metres tall...
Why does the US want to ban TikTok?
The US House of Representatives is voting on a bill that would require TikTok’s parent company, Byte...
US government wants to tax bitcoin to reduce its e...
The computers that secure cryptocurrencies like bitcoin consume large amounts of power, pushing up e...
Storm-proofing 1% of power lines protects entire g...
Researchers simulated the wind damage from seven historical hurricanes to identify just a few key el...
Stick or twist: How to improve the outcomes of you...
Most people are too risk-averse when it comes to life's biggest choices. Learning how to overcome th...
Plants send out 'distress calls' – but can other p...
Some studies have claimed that plants emit sounds when stressed and might perceive the distress call...
How to see the incredible comet 12P/Pons-Brooks to...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks orbits the sun every 71 years and is currently making its closest approach. He...
The surprising ways animals react to a total solar...
When the moon hides the sun in a total solar eclipse, some animals seem to think that it is briefly ...
Mars's gravitational pull may be strong enough to ...
An analysis of deep-sea drill cores suggests that Mars may have enough gravitational influence to sh...
Could an AI replace all music ever recorded with T...
A thought experiment in which all music is replaced with AI-generated "Taylor's Versions" should pro...
The moons of Mars may have been formed in an icy p...
The origins of Mars’s moons Phobos and Deimos have long been an enigma, but they may have been forme...
There are growing fears of an alarming shift in An...
Antarctic sea ice cover remains far below average levels for the third year in a row, but researcher...
The war in Gaza is creating a health crisis that w...
Physical injuries, mental health issues and malnutrition are widespread in Gaza – and major health g...
Babies with bilingual mothers have distinct brainw...
Newborns whose mothers speak two languages appear to have distinct brain responses to speech compare...
Indigenous Australians have managed land with fire...
Lake sediments reveal the ancient history of Aboriginal people’s use of fire to manage the landscape...
Ketamine’s unlikely conversion from rave drug to m...
Bolstered by impressive clinical trials, some companies are offering ketamine therapy as an employee...
Blind cave fish offers lessons in how to survive s...
Unlike most other animals, the cave-dwelling Mexican tetra doesn’t get a fatty liver when it is maln...
Flightless terror birds stalked Antarctica after t...
Two fossil claws found on Seymour Island reveal that phorusrhacids, or terror birds, lived in Antarc...
