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World may warm by 25 per cent more than current projections suggest

'Official' projections for how much the world will warm are already catastrophic, and now it appears they significantly…

Moderna reports first positive Phase 3 for mRNA neoantigen therapy in melanoma

Where Human Sleep Went Wrong

Evolutionary anthropologist David Samson has identified a paradox in human sleep: humans sleep fewer hours than any…

The Vietnam Binh Chau (Chau Tan) Late Tang Wreck

A shipwreck exposed on a Vietnamese beach in 2013 has yielded ceramics and wooden hull remains dating to the late Tang…

Tiny satellite will use the dark side of the Moon as a shield

A UK-developed satellite called CosmoCube, about the size of a carry-on suitcase, will use the far side of the Moon as a…

Scientists stunned by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone

Researchers found that children living in London's Ultra Low Emission Zone (introduced in 2019) showed significant…

Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea

"A team of SpaceX engineers is on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle."

Could Four Billion People Die at 3°C?

A 2025 UK actuarial report has circulated claims that four billion people could die at 3°C of warming, but the author…

Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix

X-rays add new twist to narwhal's spiral tusk

New study finds that the tusks have not one but two spirals, twisting in opposite directions.

The surprising upsides of living in a reality that repeats for eternity

Having faced the prospect that our minds are random fluctuations in a dead universe, quantum cosmologist Sean Carroll…

Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk

A new study found that people born during Britain's postwar sugar rationing period had significantly lower rates of…

Female clones created from the blood of male mice

A CRISPR-based tool can perform sex reversal on male mouse embryos, reliably turning them into healthy females – a feat…

Postbiotic could reduce the risk of brain damage after a concussion

Giving mice a byproduct produced by gut bacteria reduced their risk of severe brain damage and cognitive difficulties…

As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers

Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides.

Did humans evolve to be active throughout the day and night?

Evidence from hunter-gatherers suggests humans aren't diurnal but cathemeral, with bouts of activity at nighttime – a…

Planes flying over the Atlantic will be re-routed to avoid contrails

Operation Blue Skies is the world’s first trial to deploy contrail avoidance measures across an entire airspace, aiming…

Physicists may have solved a 30-year mystery over missing neutrinos

Since the 1990s, researchers have wondered if unexpected results from gallium-based neutrino detectors are a sign of a…

Doctors remove 3.1kg stone from man's bladder and claim record

The bladder stone, which weighs as much as a full-term baby, is believed to be the largest on record.

Exercise intensity modulates interorgan communication and is associated with

Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time

Practices shifted from individuals buried in coffins to reusing sites for later mummy interments.

Nation's Largest Reservoirs Are Drying Up, Threatening Life in the Southwest

US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows

Again, the CDC did not publish a full report and instead simply put the data online.

The Moon's shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it

Here's what it was like watching a total solar eclipse 90 minutes north of Madrid.

The Origin of Consciousness (2008)

Julian Jaynes' theory, presented in "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind," proposes that…

Three Minutes of Sprinting Beats 90 Minutes of Moderate Exercise

Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1T and 114k Lives a Year, Yale Study

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Why women with ADHD feel overwhelmingly ‘controlled’ by their hormones

People with ADHD are unusually sensitive to hormone shifts.

How to put 170 atoms in an atom

Scientists can fit over 100 atoms inside a single Rydberg atom—an atom with an electron excited to a very distant…