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Breathtaking JWST image of Uranus shows rings, clo...

We only have a few images of the rings around Uranus, but now the James Webb Space Telescope has cap...

Neural engineering rewires the brain using light t...

Existing methods for manipulating neurons with light require invasive surgical procedures, but a new...

Solar flares made in the lab could teach us about ...

We don't fully understand how the sun spits out high-energy particles during a solar flare, so resea...

Three species of extremely primitive spider discov...

Mesothelean spiders diverged from all other spiders long before the first dinosaurs – three species ...

Ancient droppings may help save kakapo parrots fro...

The kakapo, a flightless parrot, only survives on a few predator-free islands in New Zealand – but p...

Record-breaking sea temperatures set to bring supe...

The global average sea surface temperature has hit a record high of 21.1°C, which could lead to fier...

Probiotics shield corals from deadly tissue loss d...

A bacterial treatment for coral stopped or slowed 68 per cent of infections with stony coral tissue ...

Should more countries vaccinate children against c...

Latest figures show that some of the concerns about the vaccine may have been misfounded

Apps that identify plants can be as little as 4 pe...

There are many smartphone apps that aim to identify plants from photographs, but tests have found th...

Your short-term memory can be unreliable after jus...

We know that long-term memory is fallible, and now it seems short-term memory can't be relied on eit...

We don't have any viable way of countering conspir...

Beliefs in conspiracy theories can damage societies and individuals, but the only effective ways to ...

Famous Benin Bronzes from West Africa used metal s...

Chemical analysis of metal sculptures made in West Africa between the 16th and 19th centuries provid...

The quantum world: A concise guide to the particle...

Get to grips with the deepest layer of reality we know of with our inventory of the subatomic realm,...

Polar ice sheets may retreat much faster than prev...

Traces on the sea floor suggest an ancient ice sheet retreated at more than 600 metres per day at th...

Snakes have been seen doing somersaults when they’...

Researchers filmed a dwarf reed snake doing an armless cartwheel to escape from danger by repeatedly...

Socially isolated animals seem to be better at sol...

A study in 13 species of ungulates, including horses, sheep, deer and llamas, found that the most in...

Animals that are social outliers seem to be better...