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To date, much has been stated about the promise of quantum computing for myriad of applications but there have been few examples of a quantum advantage for real-world problems of practical interest. This might change wit...

Earth microbes have shown they can withstand the environment on Enceladus. If alien life is similar, the methane we've found on Saturn's moon could be from life

Researchers call for TBI screening for people entering the justice system. Previous studies have linked TBI to problems in self regulation, behavioral disorders and increased risk of criminality.

Despite diverging a million years ago, chimps and bonobos use a very similar sign language, suggesting the meanings of their gestures may have a biological basis

Can temperature drop below absolute zero? What happens then? Does it pop out at the other end of the thermometer like Pac-Man and become infinitely hot? Well, kind of, and the seemingly wacky concept is actually surprisi...

Could your pee reveal your youth?

Researchers investigate the evolutionary development of psilocybin in some mushrooms. They conclude mushrooms may have evolved to be hallucinogenic to lower the odds of being eaten by insects.

Everyone knows that in advertising sex sells, and it turns out that sex-themed adverts even work on rhesus macaques

Everyone knows that in advertising sex sells, and it turns out that sex-themed adverts even work on rhesus macaques

An AI found a bug in the Atari game Q*bert and exploited it to quickly score a million points. It used self-destruction as a winning strategy too

A new study reveals CBD oil may help to reduce, or even eliminate seizures, in those with epilepsy.

Researchers have identified 50 new gene regions they say increase the risk of developing schizophrenia.

In a particularly impressive trick of camouflage, some leaf beetles have evolved to look like the feeding damage they make on leaves, so they can hide in their own nibbles

The extreme warmth is likely to slow or prevent the formation of Arctic sea ice, which has been shrinking for decades due to climate change.

CRISPR, the superhero of gene editing, just got a little more super. In a trio of studies released last week in Science, leading CRISPR labs around the world unveiled some ultra-creative additions to the technique, trans...

When they look for violations of Einstein's general relativity, physicists deliberately plan experiments to find nothing at all. In 1887, physicists Albert Michelson and Edward Morley performed one of physics' most famou...

These giant, overstuffed atoms take advantage of the weird properties of materials at very low temperatures.

The different ways that the environment gets contaminated.

The essence of the technology - where an object takes a moment to respond to the energy placed upon it - is a staple of cartoons such as Roadrunner, where characters run off cliffs and spend a moment in mid-air before fa...

Using a 'smell virtual landscape', researchers discover the mammalian brain can map our surroundings based on smells alone.

Researchers report the closer a person gets to the age their parents started to develop Alzheimer's symptoms, the more likely they are to have amyloid plaques.

From ice age animals to Maya altars, the world's biggest underwater cave system has big potential for discoveries.