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Common Parasite Rips The Face From Your Cells to Wear as a Disguise
Scientists '3D Print' Material Deep Inside The Body Using Ultrasound
We're Still Slowly Learning How Polynesian Voyagers Navigated Entire Oceans
Song And Dance May Not Be Universal Human Behaviors, Study Shows
The Secret to Happiness Seems to Depend Upon You, Study Finds
Drinking Alcohol Before Hitting The Sauna Could Be a Deadly Combo
Scientists Recreated The Ancient Chemical Reactions That May Have Sparked Life
Seismic Waves From Intense Storms Can Ripple Through Earth's Core
The Roots of Dementia Trace Back All The Way to Childhood, Experts Say
Scientists Discovered Structural, Brain-Wide Changes During Menstruation
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Already know the Big Dipper? There's more to this group of stars
The bold attempt to solve the toughest mystery at the heart of physics
Joshua Oppenheimer's The End is a superb musical set in the end times
The wild idea that we all get nutrients from the air that we breathe
US East Coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows
Babies start showing empathy even before they can speak
The most – and least – satisfying jobs out there, according to science
Baby with rare disease given world-first personal CRISPR gene therapy
Toxic waste is spilling onto beaches as rising seas erode landfills
Could a $125 billion investment fund halt global deforestation?
What the complete ape genome is revealing about the earliest humans
Risk of a star destroying the solar system is higher than expected
An interview with Larry Niven – Ringworld author and sci-fi legend
Remarkable photos highlight the haunting resilience of nature
Grisly new book reveals what zombie insects can teach us
Are entangled qubits following a quantum Moore's law?
Robert Macfarlane is wrong to cast rivers as life forms in new book
Physicists reveal the secret to chopping onions without crying
How dark energy findings may inspire a new generation of physics nerds
Who needs Eurovision when we have the Dance Your PhD contest?
Promises to improve nature are being broken by English house builders
When it comes to crime, you can't algorithm your way to safety
A doe-eyed look at space exploration is inadequate for the zeitgeist
China's CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?
Norovirus vaccine pill protects against winter vomiting bug
Exquisite new-to-science frog species has golden legs and odd habits
Are democratic countries like the UK just climate hypocrites?
The complexity of female sex hormones calls for more science, not less
One half of the moon is hotter than the other
Fossil tracks rewrite history of animals leaving water to live on land
Surprising insights into the causes of PMDD promise better treatments
Earth is heading for a second year above 1.5°C climate goal
Chemists discover 'anti-spice' that could make chilli peppers less hot
Smart device can measure how much milk breastfed babies really drink
Radical photon idea could rewrite standard model of particle physics
The FBI is getting new technology to see through walls
Massive wildfires in Canada helped keep the world cooler in 2023
Parkinson's disease could be detected by listening to someone's voice
Migraine drug that treats headache also eases symptoms like dizziness
Go-to migraine drug actually does nothing to relieve vertigo symptoms
How ancient humans survived a global climate disaster 8200 years ago
Alien megastructures would likely self-destruct before we spot them
New way to pull uranium from water can help China's nuclear power push
All living things emit an eerie glow that is snuffed out upon death
What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re starting to find out
Why physicists keep trying to get rid of space-time entirely
Can we get better at spotting when someone is lying?
What 7 fiendishly hard puzzles tell us about the nature of mathematics
Nothing is stronger than quantum connections – and now we know why
How to harness your emotions for a happier, calmer life
Climate drama Families Like Ours deserves to be a word-of-mouth hit
Does intermittent fasting improve gut health? Why it’s hard to say
AI hallucinations are getting worse – and they're here to stay
The everyday ways climate change is already making our lives worse
Was a famous supernova an alien invader from another galaxy?
Chimps share 'building blocks of musical rhythm' with humans
Major US cities like New York and Seattle are sinking at a rapid rate
Is the fungal science in The Last of Us going off the rails?
Our favourite science fiction books of all time (the ones we forgot)
Europe increasingly vulnerable to hailstones the size of golfballs
These photos reveal the unique agricultural system of the Maya people
Marcus du Sautoy's new book is good on maths, less so on the arts
Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don't know where
The maths that tells us when a scientific discovery is real – or not
Record heat in 2023 and 2024 may just have been natural variability
What if we could experience life as another species?
The birds upending our idea of shared parenting
Quantum computers could protect our data from quantum computers
Would snails be better than whales for explaining big data? Maybe
Don't ban kids from social media; create a site that works for them
An expert's new book unravels the amazing secrets of the vagus nerve
Dementia cases are rising faster in China than the rest of the world
99.999 per cent of the deep seabed remains unexplored by humans
Science is a Pandora's box – but we should open it anyway
Strange microbes give clues to the ancestor of all complex life
Concerns raised over AI trained on 57 million NHS medical records
England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edited plants. Hooray!
A clean energy source may be lurking beneath mountain ranges
Chronic pain could be eased by learning to regulate negative emotions
Landslide rescuers to get help from rapid analysis of seismic data
Ireland's iconic megalithic tombs may have had an unexpected function
Shingles vaccine linked with lower risk of many common heart problems
US government is using AI for unprecedented social media surveillance
Psychedelics may boost mental health by dampening inflammation
Quantum computers don’t always need more qubits – just add chaos
Can running too far be bad for your health?
Drugs like Wegovy can be effective at treating fatty liver disease
How vanishing Y chromosomes could help explain men's ill health
How a simple walk can bust stress, boost cognition and fight diseases
The 'impossible' particle hinting at the universe's biggest secrets
The world, the universe and us: We're relaunching our weekly podcast
This sensational novel shows what climate fiction can be
Bitter argument breaks out over controversial theory of consciousness
Disastrous back-to-back heatwaves and droughts surge across Eurasia
Tiny rewards can protect the grid from a surge in electric vehicles
Dark energy bombshell sparks race to find a new model of the universe
Innovative antivenom may work against the world's deadliest snakes
Extreme heat poses Spanish-style blackout threat to UK electrical grid
Brain signals can change the gut microbiome in as little as 2 hours
Best evidence yet that dolphin whistles are like a shared language

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Common Parasite Rips The Face From Your Cells to Wear as a Disguise
Scientists '3D Print' Material Deep Inside The Body Using Ultrasound
We're Still Slowly Learning How Polynesian Voyagers Navigated Entire Oceans
Song And Dance May Not Be Universal Human Behaviors, Study Shows
The Secret to Happiness Seems to Depend Upon You, Study Finds
Drinking Alcohol Before Hitting The Sauna Could Be a Deadly Combo
Scientists Recreated The Ancient Chemical Reactions That May Have Sparked Life
Seismic Waves From Intense Storms Can Ripple Through Earth's Core
The Roots of Dementia Trace Back All The Way to Childhood, Experts Say
Scientists Discovered Structural, Brain-Wide Changes During Menstruation

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The United States Lost Ancient Megacity of Cahokia: A Historical Rewrite
Mathematical Breakthrough Unlocks New Clues to the Universe’s Deepest Mysteries
800-Year-Old Burials Uncovered in Peru: Gas Workers’ Remarkable Discovery
Gate to Temple of Zeus Unearthed in Magnesia, Turkey – A Remarkable Archaeological Discovery
The Valley of Balls: Kazakhstan’s Mysterious Massive Stone Spheres
Babylonians Used Advanced Maths to Predict Jupiter’s Path 1,400 Years Before Calculus
1,300-Year-Old Wooden Ski Pair Discovered in Norwegian Ice
Unveiling the Azores’ First Settlers: Evidence of Human Inhabitance 700 Years Earlier
Scientists Unveil ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ 16-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Water Bear in Amber
5,000-Year-Old Yamnaya Burial Mounds Unearthed in Serbia