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How to watch the Leonid meteor shower peaking this...
The Leonids are known for their bright, fast-moving meteors. The shower will peak on 17 and 18 Novem...
Why so many prehistoric monuments were painted red...
Megaliths, or huge stones, were used for thousands of years to build monuments, and they were far mo...
Dancing monkey hormones shed light on harmful stre...
Stress hormone measurements highlight the poor welfare of monkeys trained to perform for the public ...
Vagus nerve stimulation may help treat drug addict...
Rats that received vagus nerve stimulation were less likely to seek out drugs than those that didn’t...
Cooling system could replace air con and drastical...
A heat-pump-like system that relies on a phenomenon called electrocaloric cooling could heat or chil...
Bonobos are friendly with those outside their grou...
The convivial nature of bonobos is in stark contrast to chimpanzees and may shed light on the evolut...
How the US and China talking AI safety could reduc...
At a meeting between US president Biden and China president Xi, there was agreement on the need for ...
COP28 must stick to 1.5°C target to save ice sheet...
A report warns that 2°C of global warming would mean losing most of the world’s ice sheets and glaci...
Forget the Amazon – are these the most remarkable ...
When most people are asked to name a river, they often reach for the Amazon or Nile, but these aren’...
SpaceX Starship: What time is the launch and what ...
Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up for the second ever launch of its massive Starship rocket on 17 Nov...
Sickle cell CRISPR 'cure' is the start of a revolu...
The approval of a CRISPR treatment, for sickle cell and beta thalassemia, is just the start for a te...
Tiny lasers can be made from soap bubbles
Shining light on bubbles made from soapy water mixed with a fluorescent dye turns them into tiny las...
Blood test could predict the severity of depressio...
Researchers have found nine markers in blood that are associated with adolescents experiencing more ...
Flexible needle goes soft after injections for saf...
Needles and catheters can irritate the body and may pose a risk to others if not properly disposed o...
Cannabis can harm young brains but may improve lea...
There is growing evidence that cannabis use may disrupt adolescent brain development, but in older a...
Game-playing DeepMind AI can beat top humans at ch...
An artificial intelligence capable of beating humans at a variety of games is an important step towa...
Fossil footprints are the oldest traces of birds i...
A set of tracks made over 120 million years ago push back the earliest known appearance of birds in ...
Ultracold atoms in space will let us stress test E...
Potassium and rubidium atoms aboard the International Space Station have been cooled almost to absol...
