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Hottest January on record sees the world reach 1.7...
The global average temperature in January 2024 was 1.7°C above pre-industrial levels for the month, ...
Super Earths that seem to have oceans may actually...
A type of distant planet long thought to have water oceans on its surface may be too hot for liquid ...
Inhalable nanoparticles could help treat chronic l...
Nanoparticles designed to release antibiotics deep inside the lungs reduced inflammation and improve...
Orca pod disappears after being trapped in driftin...
A group of more than a dozen orcas has disappeared after being trapped in freezing Japanese waters f...
Saturn’s moon Mimas may be hiding a vast global oc...
Close measurements of Mimas’s orbit suggest there could be an ocean 30 kilometres deep beneath the s...
Why physicists are rethinking the route to a theor...
Physicists’ search for a theory that explains all reality in one framework appeared to have stalled....
Bizarre worm lizard not seen for 90 years found by...
A subspecies of the Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard was found by a landmine clearance team, the fir...
Why it takes so much work to grow plants in space
In space, growing plants could be important for food, oxygen and even astronauts' psychological well...
World's biggest onshore wind turbine blades unveil...
A Chinese company is building wind turbines with 131-metre-long blades, the longest ever used in an ...
Quantum computer uses a time crystal as a control ...
Making a strange state of matter called a time crystal inside a quantum computer helped researchers ...
Drought has hit the Panama Canal hard – can it sur...
A severe drought exacerbated by climate change and a lack of updated infrastructure have led to some...
How menopause can make menstrual cycles longer and...
Menstrual cycles change over time, but the menopause, and the time leading up to it, particularly al...
This robot can figure out how to open almost any d...
A robot that can learn to open most types of doors, cabinets, drawers and refrigerators – without hu...
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...
