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Why scientists scanned giant hailstones in a dentist's office

H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought

We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-breaking temperatures

Plants laced with a variety of fungi are more popular with bees

Tencent seems unaffected by US AI chip export ban, research shows

China's Tencent seems to have AI chips banned by US export controls

Robotic rat uses AI to befriend real rodents

'Killer' cells explain differences in immunity between the sexes

Implant made with living neurons connects to mouse brains

Toddler bones show mammoths were the main food of the first Americans

The best science and technology documentaries of 2024

Unpacking the new Jordan Peterson book – with much exhaustion

The theory of evolution can evolve without rejecting Darwinism

The science of exercise: How a workout benefits your brain

The best video games of 2024

The best science fiction films of 2024

The best science fiction TV shows of 2024

Intricate 18th-century illustrations of stunning flora and fauna

How a space elevator could make trips to the moon affordable for all

Five years after the first covid-19 cases, there are lessons to learn

Mesopotamians felt happiness in their liver and anger in their thighs

DeepMind AI predicts weather more accurately than existing forecasts

Flying robot leaps upwards and then takes to the air like a bird

The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

What ancient stalagmites can tell us about life on a hotter Earth

The best new science fiction books of December 2024

New forms of animals made by fusing several comb jellies together

How monitoring your sweat could reveal the state of your health

These are the most mind-melting physics discoveries of 2024

These are most mind-melting physics discoveries of 2024

Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything?

An asteroid will dramatically burn up in Earth's atmosphere today

A small asteroid hit Earth and burned up over Siberia

When, and where, did the covid-19 pandemic really begin?

Chatbot gives medical advice to hundreds of users in largest trial yet

Exoplanet plate tectonics: A new frontier in the hunt for alien life

Temporary scalp tattoo can be used to record brain activity

Antarctica is in crisis and we are scrambling to understand its future

Most comprehensive picture yet of how organs age at different rates

Heatwaves are surpassing the extremes predicted by climate models

Swarms of cyborg cockroaches could be manufactured by robots

Life on Mars could be surviving in an area deep underground

The way Cheerios stick together has inspired a new kind of robot

Ancient footprints show how early human species lived side by side

Social media algorithms can change your views in just a single day

AI can analyse a decomposing body to help pinpoint the time of death

A little bit of fear can bring down levels of inflammation in the body

A little bit of fear can bring down high levels of inflammation

Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans

Ocean acidification is reaching deeper waters