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Ancient Scandinavians wrote encrypted messages in ...

Objects from Norway and Sweden, some dating from AD 500 to 700, show clear evidence of encryption us...

Loss of large animals in Europe is entirely due to...

Population models suggest there would be even more megafauna in Europe now than 130,000 years ago if...

Efforts to mass-produce green steel are finally ne...

Decarbonising steel production is essential if we are to cut global greenhouse gas emissions, but th...

Earth has just experienced the hottest day we have...

The average global air temperature recorded 2 metres above Earth’s surface was over 17°C (62.6°F) on...

Threatened seabirds are foraging at plastic pollut...

Location trackers show migratory seabirds spend much of their time looking for food near ocean garba...

How do captive animals really feel, and can we mak...

We are finally figuring out the subtle ways that farm and zoo animals reveal their emotional states,...

English industrialist stole iron technique from Bl...

A process for converting scrap metal into high-quality iron, which was crucial to the Industrial Rev...

Drones with AI targeting system claimed to be 'bet...

An artificial intelligence targeting system is better than humans at identifying valid targets, clai...

The European Union's new plan to curb deforestatio...

Sustainability researchers have serious doubts about whether the EU’s new regulation will succeed in...

Should Japan dump Fukushima's radioactive water in...

The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected this week to approve Japan's plan to release radi...

Mathematicians calculate 42-digit number after dec...

Dedekind numbers describe the number of ways sets of logical operations can be combined, and are fie...

How CRISPR therapy could cure everything from canc...

The imminent approval of the world's first CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease is just the star...

The maternal death rate in the US has more than do...

The US has seen a sharp rise in deaths during or within one year after pregnancy, with Native Americ...

Hormone injection may stem age-related memory decl...

A compound called “klotho”, claimed to be an anti-ageing hormone, improved cognitive function in age...

Plastic wedge makes it much easier to make protons...

A plastic, wedge-shaped device could medical particle accelerators 100 times more efficient at gener...

Time appears to run five times slower in the early...

A phenomenon called cosmological time dilation means that events taking place in the early universe ...

Your medical care may be decades out of date. She'...

It can take up to 17 years for research findings to become part of standard medical care. Implementa...

Your medical care may be out of date. Rinad Beidas...