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Snowflakes fall to the ground according to a unive...
After analysing the way half a million snowflakes fell during mountain storms in Utah, researchers f...
Elon Musk spent 2023 shaping Twitter – sorry, X – ...
After taking control of Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk hired a new CEO to replace himself, all while con...
‘Clinical-grade’ AI stress detector doesn't work, ...
An AI-powered test that claimed to be “clinical grade” listens for signs of stress in people’s voice...
The best photos of the natural world in 2023
A fiery volcanic eruption, a flower preserved in amber and a ‘superbloom’ of wildflowers feature in ...
The 12 best science documentaries of 2023
From David Attenborough on dinosaurs to Michael J. Fox’s insight into living with Parkinson’s diseas...
Google wants to solve tricky physics problems with...
Quantum computers could become more useful now researchers at Google have designed an algorithm that...
Chimpanzees recognise photos of friends they haven...
Bonobos and chimps in zoos remember individuals they lived with more than 20 years ago, showing a lo...
We may have found a crater on Jupiter’s moon Io fo...
Jupiter’s moon Io is so volcanically active that any impact craters are rapidly covered up, but an a...
Stunning JWST image of Uranus shows 13 rings and n...
Rings, moons, storms and a bright polar cap can be seen in this breathtaking new image of Uranus fro...
Inside the secretive cannabis lab that makes futur...
In the final episode of our three-part podcast series, Christie Taylor peers into efforts to grow ca...
Ozempic and Wegovy may reduce inflammation by targ...
The finding suggests that weight loss and diabetes injections such Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound, may...
AI trained on millions of life stories can predict...
A model trained on 6 million people’s health, employment and financial records can predict death mor...
Swimming together lets fish move faster while expe...
We have always suspected that fish can make enormous energy savings by swimming in groups, and now w...
Everything you need to know about the way cannabis...
From the relationship between cannabis and creativity to the effects of cannabis on teenage brains, ...
Moons around Uranus may suddenly develop atmospher...
When springtime comes to Uranus's moons, the increased sunlight may cause ices on the surface to tur...
Life may be less chaotic than we thought, say phys...
According to a long-standing idea, life exists at the edge of chaos, meaning it is sensitive enough ...
Astronomers have spotted what may be the smallest ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has found three objects about a thousand light years away that may be...
Video inside centrifuge shows we don’t fully under...
The first footage from inside a centrifuge has uncovered unexpected swirls and vortices inside showe...
