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Measles is spreading across the US – here is what ...
The US has confirmed more than 480 measles cases across 19 states, the highest total since an outbre...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could still hit the moon, JWST o...
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe asteroid 2024 YR4, which earlier thi...
The anus may have evolved from a hole originally u...
The long-standing question of how animals came to have an anus may have been solved by studies of wh...
Could a new kind of carbon budget ensure top emitt...
Some researchers propose that countries should start to rack up a carbon debt once they exceed their...
Distracted by your phone? Putting it out of reach ...
When researchers asked people to work on a computer with their phones 1.5 metres away, the amount of...
Little red dots seen by JWST might be a kind of bl...
Red specks in the early universe are puzzling astronomers, but a proposed explanation suggests they ...
Flourishing microalgae could offset emissions as t...
Photosynthesising microbes in soil may increase their activity as temperatures rise, offsetting some...
We've spotted auroras on Neptune for the first tim...
After 34 years of searching, astronomers have finally confirmed Neptune has auroras, thanks to data ...
What is vibe coding, should you be doing it, and d...
The rise of large language models like ChatGPT that can churn out computer code has led to a new ter...
Ancient wasp may have used its rear end to trap fl...
Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that th...
Pregnancy’s lasting effects on different parts of ...
An "unprecedented view" of how the body changes during and after pregnancy has revealed many long-la...
The Ozempic era is only just beginning
In the past year, treatments such as Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound have become household names. But ...
Why do giraffes have spots? Not for the reason you...
The size and shape of a giraffe’s spots seem to influence how well the animals survive when temperat...
An early hint of cosmic dawn has been seen in a di...
A galaxy inside a bubble may be evidence that the universe was starting to become transparent 330 mi...
Mathematician wins 2025 Abel prize for tools to so...
Masaki Kashiwara has won the 2025 Abel prize, seen by some as the Nobel of mathematics, for his cont...
What do GLP-1 drugs really tell us about the brain...
Anecdotal reports suggest drugs like Ozempic may curb not just appetite but also impulsive or addict...
We may have found the edge of quantum theory – wha...
Researchers have identified the border between quantum physics and some as-yet-unknown post-quantum ...
Wood made transparent using rice and egg whites co...
Transparent wood, made by stripping organic polymers and replacing them with a mixture of egg whites...
