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A hidden brain problem may be an early warning for Alzheimer’s

This Walking Ape Might Be the Earliest Human Ancestor

The Science Behind Better Visualizing Brain Function

How to Glimpse the Prime Meteor Shower of 2026

Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or did it walk upright?

Bacteria reveal second 'shutdown mode' for surviving antibiotic treatment

Flowering plant origins: Dosage-sensitive genes suggest no whole-genome duplications in ancestral angiosperm

Evidence of upright walking found in 7-million-year-old Sahelanthropus fossils

First ancient herpesvirus genomes document their deep history with humans

Wood-derived chemicals offer safer alternative for thermal receipt paper coatings

Earliest Human Ancestor May Have Walked on Two Legs

Diabetes drugs may be changing cancer in surprising ways

How the 'guardian of the genome' impacts blood vessel growth

Sudden breakups of monogamous quantum couples surprise researchers

2025 was UK's hottest and sunniest year on record

Astronomers measure both mass and distance of a rogue planet for the first time

A new gel could help people get their voices back

Two white-blooded fish, two paths: Icefish and noodlefish independently lose red blood cell function

Qaidam Basin fossils suggest Pleistocene establishment of East Asian migratory flyway

Inside scoop: The 2,500-year history of ice-cream

What makes mountain birds sing at dawn—and why are they sometimes quiet? Ecologists explain

Taste buds: From flavor explosions to muted meals—why our taste changes as we age

How juvenile lobsters fall into a deadly natural trap in the Florida Keys

Opinion: Is world peace even possible? I study war and peace, and here's where I'd start

Chess960's random setups still favor white, new study reveals

The interstellar comet that's spilling its secrets

A "herculean" genetic study just found a new way to treat ADHD

These scientific discoveries brought us joy in 2025

Everything We Thought We Knew About How Stardust Spreads Across the Cosmos Is Wrong

Ancient African bedrock reveals the violent beginnings of life on our blue planet

Nanoparticle therapy reprograms tumor immune cells to attack cancer from within

What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome?

Why central bankers look to the 'stars' when setting interest rates

Curiosity sends holiday postcard from Mars

When stars fail to explode

Space mice come home and start families

Could TRAPPIST-1's seven worlds host moons?

How a single 2003 heat wave triggered lasting upheaval in the North Atlantic

A zero-shot learning framework for maize cob phenotyping

This new year, maybe resolve to quit

Origins of THC, CBD and CBC in cannabis revealed

Here’s What Happens to Your Brain When Your Mind Goes Blank

Gargantuan black hole may be a remnant from the dawn of the universe

How Woodpeckers Turn Their Entire Bodies into Pecking Machines

The Pleiades Star Cluster Has a Secret Stellar Family

Quantum spins team up to create stable, long-lived microwave signals

Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks is still a master

The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot

Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Murder victim discovered to have two sets of DNA due to rare condition