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AI sheds light on the ancient origins of England's...

An artificial intelligence model has unpicked some of the linguistic influences behind England's pla...

'This century is special': Martin Rees on the vast...

Cosmology has transformed our understanding of time past and the aeons to come, pointing to a deep f...

Why I explored the corrupting power of tech billio...

Naomi Alderman on the tech billionaires at the heart of her new novel The Future, the latest pick fo...

Read an extract from The Future by Naomi Alderman

In this tantalising extract from Naomi Alderman's new novel The Future, the latest pick for the New ...

Psychedelic drug helps treat PTSD and traumatic br...

Military veterans with traumatic brain injury saw drastic reductions in depression and symptoms of p...

Neptune isn't as blue as we thought it was

An analysis of photos taken by Voyager 2 in the 1980s shows that Neptune and Uranus have a similar p...

A renegade moon may have flipped Venus’s spin

Venus spins in the opposite direction to the other planets, which may have been caused by an ancient...

Notoriously complex material called 'plumber's nig...

An unusual material that consists of a complex jumble of intricately entwined tubes isn't much use o...

First working graphene semiconductor could lead to...

Researchers have created a functional semiconductor from graphene for the first time, creating the p...

Sharp decline of African birds of prey puts them a...

The populations of species including bateleurs and secretary birds have fallen precipitously within ...

Zapping the brain with electricity makes us easier...

Electrically stimulating part of the brain makes people more susceptible to hypnosis, which has show...

There’s a 5% chance of AI causing humans to go ext...

In the largest survey yet of AI researchers, a majority say there is a non-trivial risk of human ext...

Humanoid robot acts out prompts like it's playing ...

A large language model can translate written instructions into code for a robot’s movement, enabling...

Celebrating dark skies at a festival in deepest De...

At a novel sci-art festival celebrating the many cultural and scientific needs for dark skies in a t...

Spare a moment to think about the possibilities in...