Astrophysics

What we know about the stars where NASA will hunt for life

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Scientists have analysed the stars that an upcoming NASA telescope will target i...

Watch parrots use their beaks for a newly identified fo...

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Not only can parrots fly and walk, they can also swing along branches using thei...

Racial and ethnic disparities undermine dementia care i...

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A review of dementia research highlights unequal healthcare outcomes for Black a...

Spider webs collect DNA that reveals the species living...

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DNA analysis of spider webs from two locations in Australia identified dozens of...

Slight flight altitude changes could slash aviation's c...

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Contrail clouds that form behind planes are responsible for much of the climate ...

Could combatting loneliness extend the lives of people ...

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A recent study suggests that reducing social isolation among people with obesity...

Neuralink: What do brain implants do and why is Elon Mu...

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Elon Musk's Neuralink company is conducting its first human trials, implanting a...

AI can better retain what it learns by mimicking human ...

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An AI inspired by the way humans form long-term memories during sleep can learn ...

Galaxy smash-ups may explain strange light from early u...

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Light from hydrogen in the early universe has baffled astronomers, but researche...

The Ingenuity helicopter’s Mars mission is over, but it...

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After nearly three years of exploring Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has take...

Orangutan calls have an intricate structure resembling ...

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Calls made by male orangutans to attract females have short sequences nested ins...

JWST has taken extraordinary images of 19 nearby spiral...

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Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to take astonishingly detai...

Contaminated hormone injections may have given five peo...

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Strange virus-like replicators discovered in the human gut

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A previously unknown type of replicating agent named "obelisks” has been found i...

Why does the UK want to ban disposable vapes and when w...

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A raft of new measures aimed at reducing underage vaping are set to come into la...

Newborn great white shark possibly seen in the wild for...

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Drone footage filmed off the coast of California shows a 1.5-metre-long, entirel...