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SUPPRESSIO VERI, suggestio falsi. Over the course of many years, without making any great fuss about it, the authorities in New York disabled most of the control buttons that once operated pedestrian-crossing lights in t...

Some people struggle to put on weight - now we know it's partly because they have a genetic profile that codes for thinness

Using simulations and calculations, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) nuclear scientists for the first time have accurately predicted the properties of polarized thermonuclear fusion. Analogous calculations c...

Researchers have developed a new approach to multicolor holography that could be used to make 3-D color displays for augmented reality glasses, smartphones or heads-up displays without any bulky optical components.

Though Saturn formed about 4.5 billion years ago, its rings were added relatively recently—only 100 to 10 million years ago. Karen Hopkin reports. --

Researchers have identified brain circuits that appear to put the breaks on binge eating and the cravings for fatty foods.

DeepMind has built a StarCraft II-playing AI called AlphaStar. It beat professional human players 10-0

One of the most cataclysmic events to occur in the cosmos involves the collision of two black holes. Formed from the deathly collapse of massive stars, black holes are incredibly compact--a person standing near a stellar...

A new study reveals people fall asleep faster when being rocked. Additionally, they showed improvements in memory consolidation and spent more time in non-REM sleep.

Some people struggle to put on weight - now we know it's partly because they have a genetic profile that codes for thinness

Black holes are known for their voracious appetites, binging on matter with such ferocity that not even light can escape once it's swallowed up.

For centuries, sailors have returned to land with tales of being swept up in 100-ft swells, enormous waves appearing from an apparently calm ocean to terrorize even the most stalwart crew members, before sinking into not...

Staying at the top of the pecking order is not an easy game for male chimpanzees.

The hands on the hypothetical Doomsday Clock suggest the world is still in dire risk of apocalypse.

Photos of the critically endangered chimpanzees that call Senegal's Fongoli savanna home.

These rats loved cocaine -- until they got their memories "erased."

A small study suggests adults not only sleep better but also remember more of what they have learned beforehand when they are rocked to sleep

FOR PALAEONTOLOGISTS, fossils are buried treasure, and, like treasure of the more conventional sort, such finds are not all of equal value. Fossilised bones, while useful, are reasonably common. Preserved impressions in ...

Cucumaria frondosa and friends SEA CUCUMBERS, soft-bodied relatives of sea urchins and starfish, are a sought-after foodstuff. In China alone the market for their flesh is worth $3bn a year. Unfortunately for those who t...

CAMERAS THAT look round corners already exist. But they rely on specialised lasers which blink on and off trillions of times a second, and light detectors sensitive enough to track individual photons. Something simpler a...

Healthcare today is reactive, retrospective, bureaucratic, and expensive. It’s sick care, not healthcare. But that is radically changing at an exponential rate. Through this multi-part blog series on longevity, I'll ta...

A cancer diagnosis is life-changing, yet some tumours pose little threat, meaning some are calling for a new name. The idea is not without risks, says Charles Swanton