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Tutankhamun was only a D-list pharaoh. So why was ...
He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancien...
IBM says it will build a practical quantum superco...
The company has unveiled new innovations in quantum hardware and software that researchers hope will...
Starlink satellites are leaking radio signals that...
Our ability to study faint radio signals from when the first stars began to form is being threatened...
The chilling discovery that nerve cells help cance...
A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer...
Sauropod dinosaur's last meal reveals that it didn...
A sauropod dinosaur fossil has been found with preserved stomach contents for the first time, provid...
Forest crisis sparks alarm that Europe will miss n...
Extreme weather, pest outbreaks and overharvesting are turning forest carbon sinks into carbon sourc...
US stops endorsing covid-19 shots for kids – are o...
When Robert F Kennedy Jr announced that the US would stop recommending covid-19 vaccines for healthy...
Could we build space-time computers that run on gr...
New mathematical work provides a way to identify when information has been changed by manipulating s...
Women find other women’s faces even more attractiv...
Across many cultures, both men and women rate female faces as more attractive, and women exhibit thi...
Japan's Resilience moon lander has crashed into th...
An attempt to become the third successful private landing on the moon has ended in failure, as ispac...
We may have discovered the first-ever stars powere...
Dark stars were first suggested in 2007, but now observations with the James Webb Space Telescope hi...
The best new science fiction books of June 2025
June’s sci-fi hot tips feature a sleep-killing neural chip from Laura Elliott, plus Will Carver's vi...
Taurine may not be a key driver of ageing after al...
Taurine supplements have previously been found to extend the lifespan of monkeys and mice, but a new...
Retinal implant restores sight for blind mice
Metallic nanoparticles injected into the retina partly restored vision in blind mice and could work ...
Fusion power may never happen if we don't fix the ...
Nuclear fusion power will probably require vast quantities of enriched lithium – but we aren’t makin...
We've figured out how our brains sort imagination ...
Two brain regions seem to work together to determine whether we are seeing something real, or merely...
Worms team up to form tentacles when they want to ...
Thousands of tiny nematode worms can join up to form tentacle-like towers that can straddle large ga...
Ancient humans evolved to be better teachers as te...
As our ancestors developed more advanced tools and cultural practices, they also developed new ways ...
