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Category: Science
The other cradle of humanity: How Arabia shaped human e...
New evidence reveals that Arabia was not a mere stopover for ancestral humans leaving Africa, but a lush homeland where they flour...
Afghan people face an impossible choice over their digi...
The Taliban's rise to power has left many people in Afghanistan looking to delete their digital footprint, but there are few resou...
Environmentalist Jonathon Porritt’s big idea to slow gl...
Regenerating natural systems will draw carbon out of the atmosphere and help tackle climate change. We must recarbonise Earth now,...
Reminiscence review: Sci-fi that’s too ambitious for it...
Reminiscence, featuring Hugh Jackman and Thandiwe Newton, has all the making of a great science fiction thriller. But unfortunatel...
Giant anteaters are forced to roam in search of cooling...
Giant anteaters rely on forests to help them stay cool – so where trees grow sparsely, the animals are forced to roam further
Diabetes implant is restocked by swallowing magnetic in...
A stomach implant delivers insulin that can be refilled through capsules that are swallowed. If the device is approved for use in ...
Ozone layer treaty will slow climate change by protecti...
The international treaty to protect the ozone layer has had the inadvertent benefit of protecting plants and avoiding up to 1°C of...
Enormous lasers have created the highest-pressure condi...
The immense lasers at the US National Ignition Facility have created the highest-pressure conditions ever made in a laboratory, br...
Birds get angry when their favourite snacks are swapped...
Eurasian jays squawk and fly away when shown a cups-and-balls-style magic trick in which their favourite snacks are swapped out fo...
Solar panels in space could help power the UK by 2039, ...
Solar power beamed from satellites could provide the UK with a continuous supply of green energy as soon as 2039, according to a r...
Covid-19 news: New Zealand begins nationwide lockdown
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Astronomers may have spotted a new spiral arm of the Mi...
Researchers have found a colossal filament of gas called Cattail at the edge of the galaxy – it could be a new spiral arm of the M...