Astrophysics

What to expect at the COP16 biodiversity summit

Countries are convening in Colombia to agree on wide-ranging targets to stem bio...

Preserved tracks suggest non-avian dinosaurs used their...

Not all winged dinosaurs were necessarily capable of full flight, but this anato...

Hornets can hold their alcohol like no other animal on ...

The oriental hornet shows no ill effects – or behavioural changes – when it spen...

Many Iron Age swords may be tainted by modern forgery

Ancient weaponsmiths combined bronze and iron to fashion swords during the early...

The laws of physics appear to follow a mysterious mathe...

The symbols and mathematical operations used in the laws of physics follow a pat...

Boosting brainwaves in sleep improves rats’ memory

Rats perform better on memory tests when certain brainwave-producing neurons are...

Indestructible quantum rifts can exist in two places at...

Researchers used a collection of charged atoms to create a quantum superposition...

Mathematicians have found a new way to identify prime n...

The first breakthrough in finding prime numbers for over 25 years has mathematic...

Folklore uncovers a tsunami that rocked Hawaii hundreds...

A story passed down in folklore led scientists to evidence of an 8-metre tsunami...

Writing backwards can trick an AI into providing a bomb...

AI models have safeguards in place to prevent them creating dangerous or illegal...

Listening to music after surgery seems to be an effecti...

People who listen to music after having surgery report lower levels of pain and ...

We're starting to understand what being bullied does to...

Being bullied when young seems to alter your brain structure for years to come -...

These stunning photos celebrate the intricacy of the mi...

A mouse's tumours, scales from a butterfly's wings and a smiling cross-section o...

More evidence that limiting social media won't boost yo...

People who went from using social media for at least 2 hours a day to just 30 mi...

Motor made from bacteria parts is one of the smallest e...

The natural motors that power tail-like appendages in bacteria seem to have a si...

De-extinction company claims it has nearly complete thy...

Colossal, a US firm that is aiming to revive lost species such as the woolly mam...

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