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How to spot the Lyrid meteor shower tonight

The Lyrid meteor shower will soon hit its peak. Here's how to spot it, including by using the New Sc...

Requests for blood from unvaccinated donors is har...

Patients are requesting that blood transfusions come from people who they know have not been vaccina...

People are refusing transfusions from donors vacci...

Patients are requesting that blood transfusions come from people who they know have not been vaccina...

Monkeys walk around a virtual world using only the...

Monkeys with around 300 electrodes implanted in their brain were able to steer avatars around differ...

Largest ever map of universe captures 47 million g...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has finished the most detailed survey of the univers...

Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with mo...

A detailed analysis of the best-preserved Neanderthal infant skeleton ever found suggests that our a...

Is a super El Niño imminent, and what could the im...

A planet-warming El Niño climate phase is now developing, and some models predict it could turn out ...

Beef is making a comeback – does it fit into a hea...

The protein craze is in full swing and beef consumption is on the rise, particularly in the US, wher...

Are Neanderthals descendants of modern humans?

The gap between genetics and archaeology leaves us with an unclear picture of where the Neanderthals...

The stunning physics of Project Hail Mary go back ...

How do you portray momentum in space accurately? Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein takes a look at ...

Antioxidant in mushrooms may target uterus cells t...

L-ergothioneine, an antioxidant found in certain mushrooms, is thought to neutralise damaging molecu...

How autoimmune conditions can unexpectedly drive m...

Antibodies mistakenly attacking the brain are linked with conditions including schizophrenia, dement...

Quantum computers could usher in a crisis worse th...

The day when a quantum computer manages to break common encryption, or Q-Day, is fast approaching, a...

From autism to migraines, birth order may have wid...

A study of more than 10 million siblings suggests that firstborns are more likely to be autistic and...

The green solution to climate change isn't happeni...

Removing CO2 from the atmosphere by capturing the carbon from burning biomass is supposed to save th...

A key solution to climate change isn't happening –...