Astrophysics

We may have found a surprisingly nearby cluster of prim...

The very first generation of stars, called Population III stars, are mostly expe...

Orcas are ganging up on great white sharks to eat their...

For the first time, video footage has captured orcas in the Gulf of California h...

Quantum computers reveal that the wave function is a re...

The uncertainty inherent to quantum mechanics has long left physicists wondering...

Bulletproof fabric laced with carbon nanotubes is stron...

A sheet of fabric that is three times stronger than Kevlar could stop a bullet d...

Denisovans may have interbred with mysterious group of ...

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human,...

Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calcul...

Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestima...

The gut microbiome may play a role in shaping our perso...

Rats given a faecal transplant from exuberant toddlers showed more exploratory b...

Boy's body was mummified and turned green by a copper c...

The green mummified remains of a teenager buried in Italy 200 to 400 years ago h...

Magnetic gel could remove kidney stones more effectively

Standard techniques for removing kidney stones often require repeated surgery, b...

Dinosaur skeleton settles long debate over 'tiny T. rex...

Palaeontologists have argued for decades over whether certain fossils are young ...

The US is unlikely to test nuclear weapons, despite wha...

President Donald Trump appears to have ordered a return to nuclear testing after...

Germanium superconductor could help build reliable quan...

A new type of germanium superconductor could allow classical and quantum chips t...

Stem cell therapy lowers risk of heart failure after a ...

People who receive stem cell therapy within a week of their first heart attack h...

Can't focus after a bad night's sleep? Your dirty brain...

During sleep, your brain cleans itself by flushing through cerebrospinal fluid t...

A tiny nearby galaxy is home to a shockingly enormous b...

One of the Milky Way’s smallest galactic neighbours seems to have a supermassive...

Prehistoric crayons provide clues to how Neanderthals c...

Ochre artefacts found in Crimea show signs of having been used for drawing, addi...

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