A beam of radioactive carbon ions has been used to destroy cancer cells in mice, demonstrating a therapy that may cause less ...

A new covid-19 variant called XEC has started to spread in many regions worldwide, primarily in Europe. Early evidence indicates that it may be transmitted more easily than past variants, but ...

Climate change, deforestation and unusual weather phenomena are driving the worst drought in Brazil since records began seven decades ago and the highest number of forest fires seen in 14 years.

Smart TVs from Samsung and LG take screenshots of what you are watching even when you are using them to display images from a ...

Taking a day flight could be a swift way to limit the climate impact of a holiday, as new research suggests vapour trails produced by jets can cool the planet during the daytime. Soot particles ...

Northern sea robins are formidable marine hunters, and they owe their success to modified fin rays that let them find prey ...

Dopamine was long thought to play a part in the placebo effect for pain relief, but a new study is questioning its true role ...

Using more training data and computational power is meant to make AIs more reliable, but tests suggest large language models ...

DNA and protein analysis has identified a white substance smeared on mummies in China as a kind of kefir cheese, made from ...

Genetic testing on samples collected during the earliest days of the covid-19 outbreak suggests it is likely that the virus ...

Archaeologists have used AI to discover hundreds of large-scale drawings depicting figures like llamas, decapitated human ...

It seems to be more energy efficient for emus to keep one foot on the ground when running at a moderate pace, and the same ...