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Stellar flares may hamper search for life in promi...
Astronomers have been trying to detect atmospheres on planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, but bursts of rad...
The deep lessons quasiparticles teach us about the...
We have discovered legions of strange particles that seem to only have a ghostly existence inside ma...
Why physicists think geometry is the path to a the...
From four-dimensional hexagons to the mind-bending amplituhedron, geometrical shapes are wilder than...
Ancient humans only evolved language once, but why...
There’s an argument rumbling about why our ancestors evolved language. And surprisingly, one of the ...
Why you should assume that even the simplest anima...
There is mounting evidence that even surprisingly simple animals, like invertebrates, have a level o...
Why is it seemingly impossible to stop phone thiev...
The huge market for stolen smartphones means that thieves will continue to snatch them, but is there...
Stunning first images show the power of the Vera C...
A powerful new telescope in Chile is set to transform astronomy, and its first pictures of stellar n...
Nightmares linked to faster biological ageing and ...
Scary dreams disrupt our sleep and elevate our levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which may have...
Sea spiders 'farm' methane-eating bacteria on thei...
Sea spiders living near deep-sea methane seeps appear to cultivate and eat bacteria on their exoskel...
Could Israel's bombing trigger a nuclear accident ...
Attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities have already triggered at least one internal radiation leak, bu...
Your passwords have probably been stolen and sold ...
Technology reporter Matthew Sparkes thought his passwords and personal data were safe, but a tour of...
To understand sunburn, you need to know how UV pro...
We’ve known for nearly a century that UV radiation is linked to skin cancer, but modern advice about...
Dead NASA satellite unexpectedly emits powerful ra...
Astronomers are puzzled by a strong burst of radio waves traced back to a NASA satellite that had be...
Our big brains may have evolved because of placent...
Unlike other primates, humans are exposed to high levels of placental sex hormones in the womb, whic...
Your brain tracks your sleep debt – and now we may...
A newly identified brain circuit in mice may explain why we sleep longer and deeper after being slee...
CAR T-cell therapy could be made in the body of so...
Treating types of cancer with CAR T-cell therapy is expensive and inconvenient, but a streamlined ap...
Offsetting global fossil fuel stores by planting t...
Trees would have to be planted on a vast proportion of global land mass to offset the carbon dioxide...
Cold sore virus immediately reshapes our genome to...
The herpes virus that commonly causes cold sores affects how tightly coiled our DNA is and makes it ...
