Our understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum goes back to Isaac Newton, but astronomers are still finding new ways to ...

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An exploration of how biological cooperation underpins all life - and why we’ve overlooked its power until now - makes ...

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Two companies are aiming to preserve Arctic ice by pumping water onto the sheet and letting it freeze, but only one of the ...

Turmeric is heralded for its anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties, but columnist Alice Klein finds that the evidence ...

Mathematicians are stunned at the progress AI is making in solving advanced problems, leaving some questioning whether there ...

Alan Turing proposed a test for machine intelligence: could a computer convince a human it was human? We have begun ...

A cancer-killing virus has stopped pancreatic tumours from growing and spreading in three people in an initial safety trial, ...