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Iron Age site was a purple dye factory for centuri...
Beginning around 3000 years ago, Tel Shiqmona in modern-day Israel was a major centre for the produc...
Ancient humans may have faced radiation risk 41,00...
A weakening of Earth’s magnetic field known as the Laschamps event would have increased the threat o...
Exoplanet found in odd perpendicular orbit to brow...
It is rare to find brown dwarf stars orbiting in pairs, and this pair has an even more unusual exopl...
The race to visit the asteroid making the closest ...
Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when...
Quantum theory at 100: Let’s celebrate its power a...
Quantum theory started with a bout of hay fever, and went on to transform our view of the universe –...
Living material made from fungus could make buildi...
Researchers have used a fungus and bacteria to create rigid, living structures similar to bone and c...
Lab-grown chicken could be made chewier using arti...
Scientists have used an artificial circulatory system to create lab-grown chicken, which may improve...
Could the ancient Greeks have invented quantum the...
There were hints that the world may be quantum long before the development of quantum mechanics in 1...
What exactly would a full-scale quantum computer b...
As quantum computers mature, they will be transformational. But there are good reasons why we don’t ...
Rain could be a clean way of generating lots of el...
Water falls on Earth every day as rain, and now scientists seem to have found a way of using it to c...
First ever confirmed image of a colossal squid in ...
The colossal squid is the largest invertebrate on the planet, but it is also surprisingly elusive. A...
Drought may have sped the demise of Rapa Nui sculp...
A decades-long stretch of extremely low precipitation in the 1500s may have spurred cultural changes...
One-off gene-editing therapy could permanently low...
In an early-stage trial, a single dose of a CRISPR treatment lowered cholesterol levels, possibly pe...
How to spot the 2025 Lyrids and Eta Aquarids meteo...
The Lyrids and Eta Aquarids meteor showers can both be seen starting in late April, with viewing opp...
A timeline of the most important events in quantum...
Explore the key moments in the history of quantum theory, from the early ideas of Albert Einstein an...
People are really bad at spotting AI-generated dee...
Tests show that when people hear recordings of real voices and AI-created ones, they mostly fail to ...
Carlo Rovelli on what we get wrong about the origi...
Conventional accounts of the birth of quantum theory often overlook the pivotal role of one of its l...
What does quantum theory really tell us about the ...
For 100 years, quantum theory has painted the subatomic world as strange beyond words. But bold new ...
