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A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs ...
Our ability to study faint radio signals from when the first stars began to form is being threatened by SpaceX's Starlink ...
Extreme weather, pest outbreaks and overharvesting are turning forest carbon sinks into carbon sources across Europe, ...
A sauropod dinosaur fossil has been found with preserved stomach contents for the first time, providing insights into what ...
Thanks to AI and modern carbon dating techniques, we have a new understanding of when the Dead Sea Scrolls were written – ...
Dark stars were first suggested in 2007, but now observations with the James Webb Space Telescope hint that we may have ...
As warmer waters and ocean acidification reduce coral formation, the seas will take up more carbon dioxide – an effect that ...
Scientists have found a way to boost the brain's system to clear waste from the organ in mice, which could open treatment ...
Putting an end to a mass extinction sounds like an impossible task, but some researchers argue that doing so would be setting ...
June’s sci-fi hot tips feature a sleep-killing neural chip from Laura Elliott, plus Will Carver's vision of a world where a ...
New mathematical work provides a way to identify when information has been changed by manipulating space-time – and it may ...
Thousands of tiny nematode worms can join up to form tentacle-like towers that can straddle large gaps or hitch rides on ...