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Ancient Europe was half covered by savannah and gr...
It is widely assumed that Europe used to be covered by dense, unbroken forests, but ancient pollen s...
Underwater walkie-talkies could work long-distance...
Divers often struggle to communicate because radio waves can’t travel far through water, but a way t...
Our Tribal Future review: Is there a “vaccine” for...
Favouring insiders over outsiders now fuels conflict, argues David R. Samson in his new book. His cu...
Plants thrive in lunar soil with help from phospho...
The moon lacks the nutrients that plants need to grow, but adding three types of bacteria to a simul...
First practical use for nuclear fusion could help ...
Fusion reactors could be used to produce radioactive isotopes for hospitals way before they become u...
Endangered echidna not seen in 60 years caught on ...
An echidna named after David Attenborough that hadn't been seen by scientists in more than 60 years ...
Painful fibromyalgia may be caused by the wrong ki...
Altering the gut bacteria of both mice and people either induced or relieved the chronic pain condit...
Stunning photo of rare Malayan tiger snapped by ca...
With fewer than 150 left in the wild, the Malayan tiger is rarely seen – but images from camera trap...
Overly smooth eyebrows could give away fake passpo...
A composite image made from two faces can fool humans and AI, but unusually smooth eyebrows, which a...
Why the quantum universe is weirder than you think...
The quantum realm is full of strange effects, but there’s a reason why everything looks normal from ...
Frequently seeing friends and family may cut the r...
People who socialise regularly with friends or family live longer than those who never do, according...
Sea cucumbers surprise scientists with spectacular...
Ten sea cucumber species have been found to emit light for the first time, and researchers predict 2...
Hollywood strike ends – but actors’ battle against...
The longest actors’ strike in Hollywood history ended with an agreement that requires studios to get...
Hummingbirds have two amazing ways to fly through ...
High-speed cameras reveal that hummingbirds fly sideways to fit through narrow openings, or fold bac...
Astronomers have found the most distant black hole...
The most distant supermassive black hole confirmed is more than 31 billion light years away, and it ...
Physicists have invented a new way to shake a mart...
Shaking a martini glass back and forth creates an intricate vortex pattern in the cocktail that take...
Greenland glaciers are receding twice as fast as i...
An analysis of archive photographs shows that the retreat rate of hundreds of glaciers around the co...
Peanut toothpaste shows promise at preventing alle...
A toothpaste that contains peanut proteins did not cause any serious side effects in people with an ...
