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How menopause radically changes the brain – and wh...

The brain undergoes a full renovation during menopause. Although these changes are profound, we’re l...

‘Fusogenic’ neurosurgery let paralysed pigs walk a...

Researchers say a surgery that let pigs with completely severed spinal cords walk again may lead to ...

A promising natural technique to remove CO2 could ...

Several start-ups have tried to grow seaweed to remove atmospheric CO2, but this could affect the le...

The surprising ways your brain changes from your 2...

When does your brain reach adulthood? We're now understanding the many ways the organ continues to m...

People training new AI models admit they just get ...

The next generation of AI models are meant to be trained by people paid to have conversations with t...

Faecal transplant makes the brains of old mice act...

Older mice that received a faecal microbiome transplant from younger animals went on to have improve...

We've found a mysterious substance on Titan and Pl...

Something is absorbing light on the surfaces of Pluto and Saturn’s moon Titan, and figuring out what...

Most portable air conditioners suck – but there's ...

Efficiency ratings on portable air conditioners don’t give consumers the full picture, and one type ...

Gas from Uranus reveals it has an icy centre

Carbon monoxide in Uranus's deep atmosphere indicates that the planet contains more ice than rock, s...

Can prebiotics, probiotics or postbiotics help you...

The disruption of your gut microbiome is a major consequence, and possible cause, of ageing. Columni...

Remarkable fossils rewrite the story of how animal...

Palaeontologists have found new evidence that the early ancestors of amphibians, reptiles and mammal...

Waves reflecting off Earth's core shifted Japan af...

An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, ca...

Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World is still supr...

Beautifully written, this guide to distinguishing between truth, misinformation and lies, first publ...

Complex life on Earth may last 500 million years l...

As the sun expands over the coming billions of years, Earth will become inhospitable to any life mor...

Ancient monument may have been an early Stonehenge...

Archaeologists have discovered traces of a wooden structure built 5000 years ago, 5 kilometres from ...

Ancient monument marked summer solstice centuries ...