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Comparing historical heat extremes with climate simulations has revealed that in parts of the world the models are ...

Robotic equipment can implant electrodes into cockroaches and connect them to an electronic backpack, making it feasible to ...

Footprints preserved on the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya seem to be from two ancient human species, showing they lived ...

Physicists have long wondered why particles can only have an electric charge of +1, -2 or any whole number. Now we ...

Tiny robots designed to carry out environmental or industrial tasks could be powered by tricks involving surface tension ...

About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and ...

Countries are meeting in South Korea this week to hash out the final details of a global treaty aimed at eliminating plastic ...

Researchers have used lasers to encode information in diamonds, demonstrating record-breaking data density in an ultra-stable ...

An analysis of hundreds of bromalites – fossilised faeces and vomit – shows how changes in diet enabled dinosaurs to take ...

Recent developments in AI and neurological research may prompt concern. However, placing outright bans on such research is ...

Want to protect your young plants from the ravages of slugs and snails? A classic gardening tip is to use crushed eggshells ...