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We are finally getting to grips with how plate tec...
Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed ...
When did life begin on Earth? New evidence reveals...
Fossils and genetics are starting to point to life emerging surprisingly soon after Earth formed, wh...
Dark algae could accelerate melting of Greenland i...
Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raisi...
How both your genes and lifestyle alter risk of ag...
The largest study of its kind has revealed how both genetics and lifestyle play a role in developing...
Slowdown of critical ocean current may preserve th...
The weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation could be bolstering rainfall over t...
Why AI resorts to stereotypes when it is role-play...
The often stereotyped and offensive responses from AI chatbots role-playing as humans can be explain...
Astronomers uncover the topsy-turvy atmosphere of ...
The gas giant WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever s...
When did the first galaxies form? Earlier than we ...
By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first ...
Why it’s so hard to tell when Homo sapiens became ...
The more we discover about our species' family tree, the harder it becomes to pinpoint when exactly ...
Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 ha...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but as astronomers make more observat...
How the drone battles of Ukraine are shaping the f...
As the Russia-Ukraine war reaches its third anniversary, militaries around the world are watching th...
The 7 most consequential moments in the history of...
From the beginning of time to the origins of life, our "when" special series tackles the timing of c...
When did time begin? Hint: It wasn’t at the big ba...
You may think that time started 13.8 billion years ago at the birth of the universe, but physicists ...
Earth’s oceans may have been green for billions of...
Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power photosynthesis, ...
AI-generated optical illusions can sort humans fro...
Artificial intelligences fail to identify optical illusions in images created by other AIs – so thes...
CAR T-cells enable record-breaking 18-year nerve c...
A person with neuroblastoma, which occurs when developing nerve cells in children turn cancerous, ha...
From headaches to tics, how mass nocebo effects sp...
Social media is enabling health symptoms and mass psychogenic illnesses to spread quickly around the...
Eight habits that could keep your heart healthy
From staying active to getting plenty of sleep, there are many ways to keep your heart healthy
