White-sided dolphins seem to help killer whales "scout" and catch Chinook salmon near Vancouver Island, then eat the ...

People are often diagnosed with multiple neurodivergencies and mental health conditions, but the biggest genetic analysis so ...

Flint Dibble's high-profile debate with Graham Hancock on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast has opened up the debate around ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

From influencing weight gain to supporting immune function, gut microbes do far more than digest food. They may even explain ...

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Urban populations in southern Britain experienced a decline in health that lasted for generations after the Romans arrived ...

Dr Robert Koch was a pivotal figure in the golden age of microbiology. It was the German bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that causes anthrax, septicaemia, tuberculosis and cholera, and his ...

Though there were setbacks on climate change and funding for science this year, there was still plenty of amazing discoveries ...

Big AI firms have built their models by hoovering up copyrighted material from the internet as training data. They say this ...

A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?