AlphaEvolve, an AI system created by Google DeepMind, is helping mathematicians do research at a scale that was previously ...

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Facing its worst drought in decades, Iran is attempting to stimulate rain by spreading seeding agents in clouds, but the ...

The discovery that fat is a communicative organ with a role in everything from bone health to mood is forcing a rethink of ...

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 ...

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

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

RNA from an exceptionally well preserved woolly mammoth gives us a window on gene activity in an animal that died nearly ...

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 ...

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