Optical illusions thought to have influenced the design of the Parthenon in ancient Greece are not backed up by evidence or ...

Detailed data on the Roman Empire’s entire road network is offering fresh insight into how Romans built their infrastructure ...

Scientists can now get more accurate safety data by testing drugs on organ-on-a-chip devices and organoids, meaning that ...

Determining how useful different quantum computers are has been a long running challenge – now researchers appear to have the ...

Adult chimpanzees have been observed passing tools to their younger relatives, helping them learn the skills needed for fishing for ants or algae ...

Fewer people are reading for pleasure, but getting lost in a good book has repeatedly been linked to substantial cognitive ...

The psychedelic drug LSD eased anxiety in a late-stage trial, paving the way for a probable approval in the US within the next two years ...

Previous brain implants have enabled people with paralysis to either speak or move, but a new, larger one enabled them to do ...

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Crushing water to pressures in the millions of atmospheres has revealed two strange types of ice, which may form deep inside ...

Reducing fishing quotas, rescuing endangered species from the water and testing geoengineering could help soften ocean heat ...

Ukraine is racing to design faster, more capable interceptor drones to tackle Russia's new generation of jet-powered Shahed ...