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Analysis of the DNA and proteins of a range of animals has revealed that sperm’s molecular toolkit arose in our single-celled ...

The 194 countries still taking part in UN climate negotiations reaffirmed the Paris Agreement following the US withdrawal, ...

As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action and preparation, ...

From woolly mammoths to giant sloths, via some lesser-known ice-age beasts like 'killer koalas', the visuals in this ...

Spinning vortices of water trapped under the Thwaites glacier ice shelf account for 20 per cent of the ice melt. They’re ...

The distant universe might be littered with supermassive stars between 1000 and 10,000 times the mass of the sun, which could ...

Orforglipron, a GLP-1 drug taken as a pill, achieved positive results in people with obesity and type 2 diabetes, although it ...

The discovery that fat is a communicative organ with a role in everything from bone health to mood is forcing a rethink of ...

Matter with “forbidden” symmetries was once thought to be confined to lab experiments, but is now being found in some of the ...

The discovery that a toxin made by bacteria found in dirty water might help trigger ulcerative colitis could lead to new ...

A comprehensive UN report has found that cities and towns are home to 81 per cent of the world’s population, much more than ...