Astrophysics

A daily multivitamin may slightly slow rates of ageing

Taking a multivitamin every day might slightly slow the rate of ageing, but the ...

'Singing' dogs may show the evolutionary roots of music...

Some Samoyeds adjust the pitch of their howls depending on the music being playe...

The first apes to walk upright may have evolved in Europe

A single femur found in Bulgaria appears to represent an ape or early hominin th...

SETI may have missed alien signals because of space wea...

SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that cou...

Ancient 'weirdo' reptile graduated from 4 legs to 2 in ...

Sonselasuchus cedrus, discovered in fossils from Arizona, was a crocodile relati...

The moment that kicked off the AI revolution

It's been 10 years since Go champion Lee Sedol lost to DeepMind's AlphaGo. Has t...

How an intern helped build the AI that shook the world

Chris Maddison was just an intern when he started working on the Go-playing AI t...

Chemistry clues could detect aliens unlike any life on ...

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test bas...

NASA changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the...

NASA’s DART mission slammed into the small asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, and the i...

Shift in the Gulf Stream could signal ocean current col...

Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker,...

Inflammation might cause Alzheimer's – here's how to re...

Persistent inflammation in the gut, lungs and skin might lead to Alzheimer's dis...

Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous de...

Since 2014, the planet has been warming by about 0.36°C per decade, according to...

Möbius strip-like molecule has an entirely new and biza...

A ring of 13 carbon atoms and two chlorine atoms has a remarkable molecular stru...

Just one dose of psilocybin relieves symptoms of OCD fo...

Taking psilocybin – the psychedelic component of magic mushrooms – eased symptom...

Two marsupials believed extinct for 6000 years found alive

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two ani...

Alzheimer’s may start with inflammation in the skin, lu...

The Alzheimer’s field is being turned on its head as mounting evidence points to...

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