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We’ve spotted a huge asteroid spinning impossibly ...
Astronomers have found a 710-metre-wide asteroid that spins once every 1.9 minutes, so fast that it ...
Major leap towards reanimation after death as mamm...
A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place and minimal damage. Some be...
Private company to land on asteroid Apophis as it ...
Apophis will be visited by multiple spacecraft – including landers – when it skims past Earth in thr...
A negative attitude towards ageing is making you a...
We know that a person’s outlook can have a huge effect on their health, and it’s no different when i...
Probiotic cream that ramps up heat production coul...
Tweaking our skin's microbiome via a probiotic cream could prevent frostbite and hypothermia in extr...
Mathematician wins 2026 Abel prize for solving 60-...
Gerd Faltings shocked mathematicians around the world for his 1983 proof of the Mordell conjecture, ...
Physicists create formula for how many times you c...
When you fold a flexible material such as a pancake or a tortilla, its behaviour depends on a compet...
How worried should you be about ultra-processed fo...
We are constantly told to watch out for the health risks of eating ultra-processed food, but should ...
Fluorescent ruby-like gems have been found on Mars...
The Perseverance rover has found tiny crystals that seem to be rubies or sapphires inside pebbles on...
Boosting the blood-brain barrier could avert brain...
The neurodegenerative condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy appears to be driven by damage to t...
Neanderthals may have treated wounds with antibiot...
Tar made from birch tree bark is commonly found at Neanderthal sites, and experiments show that it k...
Will war in the Middle East accelerate the clean e...
Disruption to shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has led to a spike in oil and natural ga...
The mystery of how volcanic lightning happens has ...
When particles in volcanic ash cloud rub together, some pick up positive charge and others negative ...
Ice core reveals low CO2 during warm spell 3 milli...
For the first time, scientists have measured atmospheric gases from the late Pliocene, yielding data...
The neuroscientist who wants us to be nicer to psy...
Abigail Marsh has found that many psychopaths don’t want to be cruel and uncaring, and argues that t...
Psychedelics may be no better than antidepressants...
Drugs like psilocybin that induce psychedelic effects have shown promise for treating depression. No...
Google rerouted hundreds of flights to cut climate...
A weather-forecasting AI was used to recommend routes for American Airlines flights between the US a...
Social media is a defective product
Two lawsuits are being brought against giant tech firms for the dangers their apps pose to young peo...
