Science
How to tell the difference between a regular black hole...
Physicists have worked out how to see whether a black hole is actually a wormhole...
We now know why some poos float and others sink
Experiments with mouse and human faeces have provided the most definitive proof...
How will AIs that generate videos from text transform media...
Artificial intelligences that turn text into video are making rapid progress, but...
Leprosy bacteria may hold the key to helping the liver...
The bacteria that cause leprosy have been found to reprogram liver cells in armadillos...
Pre-eclampsia may raise a fetus's risk of heart disease...
Children and teenagers who were exposed to pre-eclampsia in the uterus may be more...
Crucial Congo rainforest faces growing threats from logging...
The area of forest felled in the Congo basin rose last year, but schemes giving...
A stack of Apple laptops could work as a powerful supercomputer
Supercomputers are expensive to buy and run, but connecting up lots of consumer...
NASA’s enormous SLS rocket has launched to space for the...
The powerful Space Launch System rocket has finally launched. It took off from Cape...
Landslides can be triggered by small changes in atmospheric...
We knew earthquakes and heavy rain could initiate landslides, but now it seems alterations...
What is pain, how does it work and what happens when it...
With a growing number of people living with pain, we desperately need to understand...
We are only just beginning to understand what causes nociplastic...
This new kind of pain is poorly understood, as there is often no sign of injury,...
Viewing chronic pain as its own illness is providing better...
Doctors are starting to see chronic pain as a condition in its own right, which...
Acid produced by the brain could drive disease-related...
Kynurenic acid is made in the brain and could play a role in psychosis related to...
COP27: Brazil's Lula promises zero deforestation in the...
Brazil’s incoming president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vowed to reverse the environmentally...
Quantum computers in use today are vulnerable to eavesdropping...
Companies such as IBM offer timeshare access to prototype quantum computers, but...
Early meteorites brought enough water to Mars to create...
Meteorites bombarding the Red Planet may have carried so much water that it could...
