When bacteria were put in alternating environments, some became better at evolving to cope with the changes – evidence that ...
People with progressive multiple sclerosis had higher levels of protective molecules in their spinal fluid two years after being injected with stem cells from a fetus. Whether this translates into ...
A dead star appears to be dying again, say astronomers who have spotted a pulsar that is gradually losing its spin. Pulsars are a form of neutron star, which are themselves the remnants of a ...
The meaning of the word "bot" on Twitter/X seems to have shifted over time, with people originally using it to flag automated accounts, but now employing it to insult people they disagree with ...
Elephants may be the only animals besides humans to come up with arbitrary names for each other, according to an analysis of recordings using machine learning. The analysis found that some calls from ...
The finding comes from Kabir Husain at University College London, Riccardo Ravasio at the University of Chicago and their colleagues, who were frustrated by an experiment… Offer ends 2nd of July 2024.
The same genetic tools being used to resurrect the woolly mammoth and dodo could help many other vulnerable species that have yet to die out ...
As winter mornings dawn on Mars, the tips of its largest volcanoes become covered in frost, in yet another example of water on the Red Planet. We already know that Mars has significant deposits of ice ...
Modern electronics are a far cry from what Michael Faraday, the pioneer of electrical gadgetry, can ever have imagined possible. But he’d surely be pleased, if only because the magnet, the component ...
A kneecap and two teeth found in Germany have been identified as belonging to a new species of ape from 11.6 million years ...
Mexico and the southern US have seen extreme temperatures due to a heat dome, a weather phenomenon that will become more ...
People who had higher levels of xylitol in their blood were more likely to have a heart attack or stroke within the next ...