By tracing when variations in the human genome first appeared, researchers have found that advances in cognitive abilities ...

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The strong nuclear force may abruptly loosen its grip on the fundamental particles that make up matter at a special “critical ...

Feedback is shocked to learn that one of our most cherished metaphors involving roses and thorns really needs to be revisited ...

The 2025 Nobel prize in physics has gone to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis, whose work has led to the ...

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A woman's fertility declines with age, which is often attributed to a fall in egg number and quality, but the environment of ...

A memory chip just 10 atoms thick has been tested in a lab and integrated into conventional chips, demonstrating a technology ...

Scientists have identified five sleep profiles, each of which is linked to distinct mental health symptoms and brain activity ...

For decades, forest, grasslands and other land ecosystems have collectively absorbed up to a third of the carbon dioxide we ...

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Short pulses of light that impart rotation on a material's atoms can be used to switch a property called ferroaxiality, which ...