Astrophysics

Autism may have two distinct subtypes that vary by brai...

Evidence is mounting that there are distinct subtypes of autism, and now, scient...

The social media ban is an experiment – here’s how it w...

Scientists have long grappled with how to measure the effect of social media on ...

Sperm have been made magnetic to allow IVF inside the body

IVF could be done inside the body using sperm that have been magnetised, allowin...

Inside the start-up aiming for a giant leap in robot in...

Physical Intelligence is drawing on the broad knowledge of large language models...

Are useful and error-free quantum computers only two ye...

Quantum computing firm QuEra says it plans to make a fault-tolerant quantum comp...

The relationship recession is even bigger for Gen Z tha...

We know that members of Gen Z are less likely to be in a steady relationship tha...

Quantum computer quickly mines cryptocurrency while usi...

A superconducting quantum computer is part of a network that is mining an experi...

First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timeke...

A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demons...

El Niño has started and the weather could get weird

Global weather agencies have declared that El Niño has begun, and models show it...

‘Forgotten’ pollutants cause 15 per cent of global warming

So-called indirect greenhouse gases, including carbon monoxide and volatile orga...

Have we finally worked out how Venus flytraps snap shut?

It was widely thought that the movement of water through Venus flytrap cells cau...

Global map reveals the vast scale of underground fungal...

Our soils are teeming with networks of fungi, and we're starting to understand h...

Toy universe shows that time could be a quantum illusion

An experiment with a toy universe made up of extremely cold atoms shows how time...

Ditching cigarettes for vapes may curb the cancer benef...

A study of 4.5 million people suggests that ex-smokers who take up vaping are mo...

Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean ‘nec...

Researchers diving 7 kilometres deep in a crewed submersible have discovered a v...

Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-trap ...

Europe’s largest land animal, the bison, is thought to be relatively unthreatene...

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