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You’ve been sold a giant myth when it comes to imp...
Diet and exercise will only get you so far, but there is a magic bullet that could make us all live ...
Interstellar visitor spotted hurtling through the ...
An object thought to have come from another star has been seen entering the solar system at high spe...
Stunning image of a supernova reveals a dead star ...
Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exp...
Ancient DNA reveals make-up of Roman Empire’s favo...
Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the sp...
Breaking the laws of thermal radiation could make ...
It is possible to make a material absorb more radiation than it has to re-emit, violating the laws o...
A crucial methane-tracking satellite has died in o...
Operators lost contact with the MethaneSAT satellite on 20 June, a significant blow to efforts to tr...
Where does time actually come from?
The arrow of time can teach us more about how the universe began – and how it will end, says quantum...
Solving the 250-year-old puzzle of how static elec...
You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now...
A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some pe...
People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the con...
Shrinking Antarctic sea ice is warming the ocean f...
Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated o...
Protocells self-assembling on micrometeorites hint...
Micrometeorites are thought to shower down on planets throughout the universe, so the discovery that...
The best new science fiction books of July 2025
From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - i...
Polycystic ovary syndrome may be passed on via che...
Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epige...
Typos and slang spur AI to discourage seeking medi...
AI models change their medical recommendations when people ask them questions that include colourful...
What does it mean when an orca wants to share its ...
Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, w...
Single antiviral shot could offer better protectio...
A long-lasting formulation of an antiviral drug greatly reduced people’s risk of a symptomatic flu i...
The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t co...
Over tens of thousands of years, waves of Homo sapiens set out across Europe and Asia, only for thei...
Altered gut microbiome linked to fertility issues ...
People with PCOS who struggle to conceive tend to have lower levels of a gut microbe that has been l...
