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Q&A: Why hasn't the US military used force to secure the Strait of Hormuz?

When Coupled Volcanoes Talk, These Researchers Listen

'Drive‑off' fuel thefts cost millions even before the war—and they're heading up

Breaking recalcitrant lignin bonds with electricity for conversion into value-added chemicals: An e-biorefinery

Cyclone Narelle is now larger and 'more severe' as it crosses the Western Australian coast

Welcome to the weird world of AI agent teams

Trump’s new science panel includes 9 tech billionaires—and just one scientist

Unraveling the secrets of telomerase, an enzyme linked to aging and cancer

Exotic harvestmen once lived in Europe

Flowers have a 'biological clock' that times blooming and scent to match insects

I almost drowned in space when my helmet filled with water

Unraveling active magma by drilling in the heart of volcanoes

AI wrote a scientific paper that passed peer review

This popular supplement may increase risk of birth defects, study finds

The northern lights' dark twin is a wild card for the power grid

Why student samples can mislead: Higher education may shift values toward Western norms

Scientists discover why cancer drugs don’t work for everyone

Scientists find gut bacteria inject proteins that control your immune system

How Anthony Leggett pushed the boundaries of quantum physics

Piezoelectric materials enable a new approach to searching for axions

We thought we knew the shape of the universe. We were wrong

A rare star in a tiny galaxy preserves a record of the early universe

A Light in the Dark: Finding the Good in the Natural World

Ocean species are disappearing before scientists can even find them

Scientists discover bizarre new states inside tiny magnetic whirlpools

We could protect Earth from dangerous asteroids using a huge magnet

NASA spots comet reversing its spin in a first for science

How do mRNA vaccines work, and why are they safe and effective?

Is the universe swarming with tiny black holes?

Japan's giant caldera volcano is refilling 7,300 years later

The truth about pain that your doctor might not tell you

Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

Scientists stunned as Mars dust storms blast water into space

Surprising male G-spot found in most detailed study of the penis yet

Surprising G-spot found in the most detailed study of the penis yet

Scientists discover “alien space weather stations” that could reveal habitable planets

Gabon battles for baby sea turtles' survival

The ice protecting Alaska is vanishing faster than expected

This dangerous combo in your body could raise death risk by 83%

From simulation to strategy: Climate modeling motivates action at the top

Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-fold

Study in search of a tropical spring is first to show some birds flip their breeding season in response to climate

From engineered fungal molecules to drug leads, chem-bio hybrid synthesis enables antiparasitic drug discovery

Scientists may be overestimating amounts of microplastics in the environment, and the culprit is lab gloves

Study finds 60% of Australia's top-use pesticides are banned in the EU

Fieldoscopy reveals femtosecond optical switching in 15 nm indium tin oxide nanocrystals

Birds of prey act as sentinels to warn of forever chemicals

Freshwater fish populations plunge 81% as river migrations collapse