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How vanishing Y chromosomes could help explain men...
The enigmatic Y chromosome has a tendency to disappear from cells with age. Now, research is reveali...
'Dark photon' theory of light aims to tear up a ce...
One of the most famous findings in physics could be wrong – the double-slit experiment was long thou...
Air filters in classrooms reduce sick days by more...
Putting air filters in classrooms seems to boost student attendance, which may be due to them reduci...
US plans massive health database to study autism –...
The US government’s proposal for a vast health database to study autism could improve our understand...
A new version of the periodic table could change h...
An alternative periodic table of elements focusing on highly charged ions reveals new science that c...
The 'impossible' particle hinting at the universe'...
Neutrinos have always been hard to explain – and now the detection of one so energetic it shouldn't ...
Earthquakes could be an overlooked source of under...
Laboratory measurements of crushed quartz suggest earthquakes generate huge volumes of hydrogen unde...
Humans evolved to survive mild burns at the expens...
Early humans had almost no hope of surviving severe burns, so evolution may have prioritised the sel...
Virtual reality could help men understand the impa...
Men who were embodying female avatars via virtual reality felt anger and disgust when catcalled, whi...
Is Keir Starmer being advised by AI? The UK govern...
The UK government's Redbox AI chatbot is being used by thousands of civil servants, but a lack of tr...
US government defunds research on misinformation
The US National Science Foundation cancelled funding for research on misinformation, disinformation ...
Chatbots can hide secret messages in seemingly nor...
Text-generating AIs such as ChatGPT can be used to hide encrypted messages inside fake conversations...
Ancient supervolcano eruption had surprisingly mil...
Rather than a volcanic winter, the Toba eruption 74,000 years ago resulted in several years of warm ...
Hackers could 'vandalise' quantum computers withou...
Hackers may be able to garble the output of programs running on quantum computers, leaving other peo...
First ever 'black hole bomb' created in the lab
A black hole bomb - an idea first proposed in 1969 - has now been realised in the lab as a toy model...
Ancient camp shows how humans adapted to extreme c...
An Austrian site occupied by humans from around 24,000 to 20,000 years ago documents a switch toward...
'Bone collector' caterpillar wears dead insect bod...
A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongsi...
Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b may just b...
Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis o...
