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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...
Cosmology has transformed our understanding of time past and the aeons to come, pointing to a deep f...
How Bulgarian yogurt could help us colonise Mars
Feedback reads up on the latest research into how Bulgarian-style yogurt could enhance astronauts' p...
1.75-billion-year-old fossils help explain how pho...
Fossilised bacteria from Australia contain the earliest evidence of photosynthetic structures called...
Membrane-destroying drug works against antibiotic-...
A newly discovered drug treated infections in mice caused by a strain of bacteria that is resistant ...
Most large fishing boats go untracked as ‘dark ves...
An AI analysis of satellite images reveals fishing, shipping and offshore development activities wor...
Supernova neutrinos could break physics – if we ca...
Neutrinos produced inside an exploding star could betray exotic particles that would lead to a deepe...
How to spot the Quadrantids meteor shower on 3 and...
The 2024 Quadrantids meteor shower will peak on 3 and 4 January. While moonlight may get in the way,...
