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Pompeii’s public baths were unhygienic until the R...
Before the Romans captured Pompeii, the famous town was run by the Samnite people – and a dip in the...
Quantum computers could help sharpen images of exo...
Combining two kinds of quantum computing devices could be just the trick for taking better images of...
Our elegant universe: rethinking nature’s deepest ...
For centuries, the principle of symmetry has guided physicists towards more fundamental truths, but ...
Is there an evolutionary reason for same-sex sexua...
Sexual behaviour among same-sex pairs is common in apes and monkeys, and a wide-ranging analysis sug...
We're about to simulate a human brain on a superco...
The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researc...
Why it’s easy to be misunderstood when talking abo...
Mathematicians rely on numbers, but finding words to explain different levels of certainty has stymi...
Sinking trees in Arctic Ocean could remove 1 billi...
Cutting down boreal forest and sinking the felled trees in the depths of the Arctic Ocean could remo...
NASA is performing an unprecedented medical evacua...
One of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station is undergoing a “medical situation”, fo...
Microbiome study hints that fibre could be linked ...
Evidence is mounting that specific gut bacteria are linked to sleep conditions, which may open the d...
Why does the United States want to buy Greenland?
The ice-covered island may be strategically important, but it's unclear that it could be a commercia...
Quantum neural network may be able to cheat the un...
Calculations show that injecting randomness into a quantum neural network could help it determine pr...
Man whose gut made its own alcohol gets relief fro...
A man with auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition in which gut microbes produce intoxicating levels...
'Knitted' satellite launching to monitor Earth's s...
A standard industrial knitting machine has been modified to produce fabrics from tungsten wire coate...
Tree bark microbiome has important overlooked role...
Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide ra...
Some quantum computers might need more power than ...
A preliminary analysis suggests that industrially useful quantum computers designs come with a broad...
City-sized iceberg has turned into a giant swimmin...
Satellite photos show meltwater on the surface of iceberg A23a collecting in an unusual way, which m...
Red tattoo ink causes man to lose all his hair and...
A man’s severe reaction to a tattoo, which made all his hair fall out and destroyed his sweat glands...
Exercise may relieve depression as effectively as ...
A comprehensive review confirms the benefits of exercise for treating depression, even if the exact ...
