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The science and side effects behind the semaglutid...
From how well they work to side effects such as hair loss, here’s the skinny on new weight loss inje...
The neuroscientist harnessing the placebo effect t...
How exactly the placebo effect works is still a mystery, but neuroscientist Luana Colloca is working...
Ocean thunderstorms generate the most intense ligh...
An analysis of satellite observations has identified some extreme thunderstorms over the Indian Ocea...
Asteroid sampled by NASA may once have been part o...
A sample from the asteroid Bennu, brought back by the OSIRIS-REx mission, feature hints that it was ...
Lager could get array of novel flavours thanks to ...
Researchers have recreated the hybridisation of two wild yeast species that led to the first lager y...
Blue eyes may be better for reading in dim light t...
People with blue eyes may have better sight in dim conditions than those with brown eyes, which coul...
Ancient Herculaneum scroll piece revealed by AI – ...
A Greek philosopher’s musings on pleasure, contained in ancient papyrus scrolls buried by Mount Vesu...
Extinct elk species had antlers that were too big ...
For decades we thought the Irish elk’s body size alone explained why it had enormous antlers, but th...
Lightning during volcanic eruptions may have spark...
Lightning strikes during volcanic eruptions could have provided nitrogen in a form that was needed b...
Hurricanes are becoming so strong we may need a ne...
Five storms in the past decade had wind speeds that belong in a hypothetical category 6 on the Saffi...
Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the ...
The US National Ignition Facility has achieved even higher energy yields since breaking even for the...
Global temperatures may have passed 1.5°C of warmi...
Earth’s air temperature passed the agreed 1.5°C warming limit around 2010, according to measurements...
Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibio...
DNA sampling is revealing fungi thriving throughout the oceans, from hydrothermal vents to the open ...
Deaths from shark attacks across the world doubled...
There were 69 unprovoked shark attacks on people and 10 fatalities in 2023 worldwide, with four of t...
AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear st...
As the US military begins integrating AI technology, simulated wargames show how chatbots behave unp...
Being on your period doesn’t affect your cognitive...
Hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle have previously been blamed for "brain fog", but ne...
Mathematicians have finally proved that Bach was a...
Converting hundreds of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach into mathematical networks reveals that...
Armies of bots battled on Twitter over Chinese spy...
Large proportions of users posting on Twitter – now X – about the Chinese balloon that drifted over ...
