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AI is helping mathematicians build a periodic tabl...
Atomic shapes are so simple that they can't be broken down any further. Mathematicians are trying to...
Lessons in Chemistry review: TV show delivers – ju...
When Lessons in Chemistry, the story of a woman scientist frustrated by the times she lives in, fina...
Early humans lived in Ethiopian highlands 2 millio...
A child’s jawbone found in Ethiopia is one of the earliest fossils identified as Homo erectus, and s...
We now have the most detailed description of the h...
The tool, which charts the distribution of over a hundred different brain areas in genetic and cellu...
Energy-efficient transistor could allow smartwatch...
A prototype transistor built from molybdenum disulphide and carbon nanotubes rather than silicon cou...
Simple blood test tweak could make intensive care ...
Taking less blood for intensive care tests reduces the risk of transfusions, which can cause allergi...
We could make roads on the moon by melting lunar d...
Lunar dust can be melted with a laser to make a strong, glassy material – and a similar effect could...
Neanderthals hunted cave lions with spears and mad...
Fossilised remains of extinct big cats called cave lions display evidence of butchery, showing that ...
Inventions based on threatened animals like rhinos...
An analysis of patent records suggests there is growing commercial interest in products derived from...
Toys produce far more electronic waste than vapes
Over 3 billion kilograms of valuable electronics inside children’s toys are thrown away each year, a...
Samples from asteroid Bennu contain the key ingred...
The asteroid Bennu was sampled by NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission, which returned to Earth last month. Res...
Earth’s core is oddly squishy and we may now know ...
Earth’s iron-rich inner core may owe some of its surprising softness to the motion of atoms, suggest...
Two giant planets collided and vaporised in a dist...
A star behaving strangely was the first clue that astronomers were witnessing two Neptune-sized plan...
Climate change may be improving the quality of Bor...
An analysis has found that Bordeaux wines made in years with wet winters and hot, dry summers – whic...
The quantum experiment that could help find eviden...
Scars of collisions with other universes could show up in radiation from the big bang. A new experim...
Going Infinite review: Who is Sam Bankman-Fried?
A profile of “crypto king” Sam Bankman-Fried has been rushed out as his fraud trial starts in the US...
London's drying rivers threaten the city's drinkin...
Poor river management means that London is number nine in the list of global cities most likely to r...
Mysterious Viking queen may have helped unify Denm...
Queen Thyra, the mother of King Harald Bluetooth, was commemorated on four runestones in different p...
