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Fake alien message sent to Earth to prepare us for...
A coded message called “A Sign in Space” has been sent from a spacecraft orbiting Mars to simulate p...
US Supreme Court slashes protections for wetlands
Around half of all wetlands in the contiguous US will now lose their protections under the Clean Wat...
5000 species not known elsewhere live in area set ...
Thousands more species are probably waiting to be discovered in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a regio...
We now know how Botox enters neurons and paralyses...
Molecular imaging shows that botulinum neurotoxin uses three receptors to enter neurons. The finding...
Ultrasound can trigger a hibernation-like state in...
Focused ultrasound waves targeting a certain area of the brain can lower body temperature in rodents...
The Ferryman review: A profound new take on a sci-...
Justin Cronin's new science fiction novel transmutes the familiar trope of a utopia with a dark secr...
Read an extract from The Ferryman by Justin Cronin...
This tantalising extract is taken from the prologue of The Ferryman by Justin Cronin, a science fict...
Superconducting ‘fluxonium’ is the longest lasting...
A fluxonium qubit can keep its most useful quantum properties for about 1.48 milliseconds, drastical...
Sudden infant death syndrome may have a biological...
The condition may at least partly be caused by insufficient binding of a neurotransmitter to recepto...
Common compostable plastic fails to break down aft...
A leading "bioplastic" used in single-use cups and containers degrades in the ocean just as slowly a...
Tumble dryers shed hundreds of tonnes of microfibr...
Condenser tumble dryers are sold as a "sustainable" option because of their low energy demand, but t...
Bendy solar panels are just as good as regular one...
Existing solar cells are normally only used on flat, static surfaces to avoid them cracking, but now...
Man with paralysis can walk by activating spine im...
Implants in brain and spine allow Dutch man to walk and climb stairs by power of thought, in world f...
Nuclear clocks could be the best timepiece in the ...
Atomic clocks work by using a laser to bounce the electrons in an atom at a given frequency, while n...
Can recreating black holes in the lab solve the pu...
Researchers are building models of everything from black holes to the big bang in tanks of liquid. N...
Why has Virgin Orbit shut down and what will happe...
Virgin Orbit's failed launch in January was the start of the end for the company, which has now sold...
Astronomers race to observe rare supernova in a ne...
An exploding star spotted in the Pinwheel galaxy, 21 million light years from Earth, offers a rare c...
Do new Alzheimer's drugs signal the end of the con...
Antibody treatments that target amyloid plaques in the brains of people with Alzheimer's have shown ...
