One of the longest trials of artificial sweeteners to date found that they may increase beneficial gut bacteria, though the ...

Physicists have tried so many different ways to find dark matter, but none have been successful. Now an unexpected contender ...

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Experiencing severe hardship in childhood can have a lasting impact. Understanding this better could open the door to more ...

Since 2020, these apex predators have been biting rudders, ramming and tipping boats and, in some shocking cases, sinking vessels. For sailors here, it is a terrifying experience. And it is happening ...

A new chip design includes 41 vertical layers of semiconductor and insulator materials, which allow it to outrun the limits ...

US astronaut, doctor and engineer Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to go into space in 1992. She was one of seven ...

If users chose the most efficient model each time they performed a task with AI, researchers calculate it would slash energy ...

The rush to grow more biofuels continues, despite the fact they increase CO2 emissions rather than lower them, raise food prices and devastate nature. It has to stop, says Michael Le Page ...

The evidence to support phone bans in schools has been inconclusive, and now it seems that the move could harm some students' ...

Mathematicians thought that they understood how rotation works, but now a new proof has revealed a surprising twist that makes it possible to reset even a complex sequence of motion ...

Next week, the unveiling of a revolutionary undersea habitat is set to re-energise marine science and begin a new era of ...