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Some ants kill the queens of another species and take over their colonies, but we now know at least one species gets workers ...

A 12,000-year-old clay sculpture found in Israel depicts a goose on the back of a woman, and archaeologists suggest it may be ...

A major settlement in Central Asia called Semiyarka dating back to 1600 BC had houses, a big central building and even an ...

Neanderthals were thought to have structures inside their noses that helped them deal with the cold, but analysis of an ...

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

Being born with two X chromosomes brings a host of health benefits, and recognising this could lead to personalised medical ...

There is growing evidence that our reliance on generative AI tools is reducing our ability to think clearly and critically, ...

Hot flushes could be relieved by listening to recordings that induce hypnosis from home, rather than having to venture to a ...

Lupus has been linked to the Epstein-Barr virus – which causes glandular fever, or mono – before, but we now have evidence of ...

Sexual activity in young people is on the decline, but why? And what's more, should we be worried about what this means for ...

Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – ...