An isolated population of Neanderthals is shedding new light on their species’ final days. Palaeoanthropologist Ludovic ...

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A UN report says it’s possible to get global temperatures back down to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the ...

From China Miéville to Brandon Sanderson via a tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin, there are some really huge names with new sci-fi ...

Is it possible we’re living in a virtual simulation? Professor Catherine Heymans, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, does the ...

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Most of the matter in the universe is dark matter, but for decades physicists haven’t been able to directly observe it – that ...

No matter where you’re from, there are things you can do to cope better with extreme temperatures. But it takes work to stop ...

Injuries from the war in Ukraine have forced the country to develop highly advanced prostheses and fit them in record numbers. What can the rest of the world learn from its efforts?

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Callaghan takes on this mind-bending question by exploring the proof we have that time dilation is both a physical phenomenon ...