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Solar drone with wingspan wider than jumbo jet cou...
A pioneering solar-powered drone aircraft operated by Skydweller Aero will be used for maritime surv...
Negative social ties, like frenemies, could be age...
Having someone in your life who hassles you or causes problems could be adding 2.5 months to your bi...
Neanderthals were probably maggot-munchers, not hy...
It has been claimed Neanderthals ate a huge amount of meat based on isotope ratios in their bones – ...
We're undergoing an unprecedented loss of freshwat...
Rising temperatures are causing water to evaporate and driving humans to extract more groundwater, w...
Major carbon sink may have vanished for a second y...
Record heat in 2024 caused ecosystems on land to emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as they took out...
Peculiar galaxy seems to contain surprisingly pris...
Stars uncontaminated by heavier elements are thought to have formed very early in the universe, but ...
Intensely grieving a loved one could shorten a mou...
Feeling profound grief years after a loved one has died could affect our own longevity
Why Trump's order targeting 'woke' AI may be impos...
President Trump signed an executive order requiring companies with US government contracts to make t...
Record marine heatwaves may signal a permanent shi...
Fierce marine heatwaves were recorded globally in 2023 and 2024, and some researchers now believe th...
Why a tech start-up wants to pump your faeces deep...
Start-up Vaulted Deep, which has funding from Microsoft, says storing human waste deep underground c...
Thousands of seadragons are dying in Australia's t...
An algal bloom in South Australia has caused mass deaths of many species since March - now researche...
Our brain's mitochondria may play a crucial role i...
Textbooks say that mitochondria exist to supply cells with energy, but experiments in fruit flies su...
The time you take an oral exam could affect whethe...
Midday seems to be the optimal time to take an oral exam at university, which could be due to studen...
Walking 7000 steps a day seems to be enough to kee...
Many people like to check that they have walked 10,000 steps over the course of a day, but falling s...
Remarkable set of tracks suggests different dinosa...
Late Cretaceous dinosaur tracks found in Canada might have been made by different species walking to...
The secret to what makes colours pop on dazzling s...
Hidden layers of colour in the plumage of tanagers and some other songbirds explain what makes them ...
Homo naledi's burial practices could change what i...
If ancient humans with brains a third the size of our own buried their dead, as some archaeologists ...
Simple skincare routine could stop babies developi...
Keeping a baby's skin moisturised could significantly reduce their risk of eczema - but perhaps only...
