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People’s ‘speed of sight’ varies and this may expl...
There is significant variation in people’s ability to visually track fast-moving objects, which migh...
Radio bursts from space are exhibiting a strange ‘...
Astronomers have spotted a set of 35 mysterious flashes of radio waves from space that seem to show ...
Springs made from rusty metallic glass could power...
Most metals oxidise, or rust, when exposed to air, which normally weakens them, but a kind of metall...
Europe plans to build the world’s fastest supercom...
Europe will get its first exascale supercomputer next year, called JUPITER, and it should allow simu...
Japan is sending a rover to Mars's moon Phobos in ...
The Martian Moons eXploration mission is slated to launch for Phobos in September 2024 – once it get...
Human cells have a resonant frequency – and it’s j...
Like a tuning fork, living human cells have frequencies at which they naturally vibrate – and now we...
Slower arm speed may be why older people fall more...
Younger people move their arms more quickly than their older counterparts when they slip, helping th...
Why tending your oral microbiome is the secret to ...
There are untold legions of viruses, fungi and bacteria living in your mouth. It now seems we can st...
The mathematically perfect table size for solving ...
When choosing the perfectly sized table to do your jigsaw puzzle on, work out the area of the comple...
Will 2024 see the world finally turning away from ...
A global agreement at the COP28 climate summit promised to begin "transitioning away" from fossil fu...
Have we found filaments of pure energy unleashed d...
Puzzling ancient galaxies and oddly shaped clusters suggest we have glimpsed cosmic strings travelli...
Hurricane damage to forests could release huge amo...
A study modelling the impact of a major hurricane in New England suggests carbon-offsetting schemes ...
Artificial pain sensors could help robots avoid da...
A system that detects forces and interprets which stimuli have the potential to cause harm could imb...
2024 will see a new weight-loss drug that trumps W...
Recently approved in the US, the weight-loss drug Zepbound will reach more people in 2024, with rese...
We might officially enter the Anthropocene epoch i...
Scientific bodies are due to make an official decision in the coming year about whether to declare a...
Hannah Ritchie: 'Eco-anxiety on its own is not tha...
Climate change and biodiversity loss may seem like insurmountable problems, but data scientist Hanna...
Probiotics helped reduce fatigue and memory loss f...
A study involving more than 450 people found that a mixture of prebiotics and probiotics alleviated ...
Mathematicians found a guaranteed way to win the l...
A pair of mathematicians studied the UK National Lottery and figured out a combination of 27 tickets...
