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Astronomers have long been puzzled by the faint young sun paradox, which says the sun would not have been bright enough in the past to keep Earth warm. Now it seems the moon may have helped

WHO still maintains that COVID-19 is largely spread through larger droplets from coughs and sneezes.

It's very likely that these mystery cases of pneumonia are in fact COVID-19.

The scale of goods moving around the planet at any moment is staggering. Raw materials are dug up in one country, spun into parts and pieces in another, and assembled into products in a third. Crossing oceans and contine...

(Eindhoven University of Technology) Perovskiet solar cells are at the center of much recent solar research. The material is cheap and almost as efficient as silicon. However, perovskite cells have a love-hate-relationsh...

Strands in the intergalactic web

Mouse study pinpoints the precise location in the brain where distracting stimuli are blocked, allowing for concentration on specific tasks. The findings could have implications for the treatment of ADHD and schizophreni...

FGF21, a hormone created in the liver in response to increased levels of sugar, acts in the brain to suppress sugar intake and controls the preference for sweet-tasting foods.

Risks linked to the common drug must still be confirmed.

New ground-breaking research from the University of Surrey could change the way scientists understand and describe lasers--establishing a new relationship between classical and quantum physics.

Some sperm don't use the final few micrometres of their tail to move, but simulations show they may actually swim faster than others that do, which could help pave the way for improved fertility tests

An African grey parrot beat 21 Harvard undergrads at a classic memory game, suggesting deep roots of animal intelligence.

Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison battled it out in the "War of Currents," but each inventor left a significant scientific legacy.

A small team of researchers at Purdue University has found the strongest evidence yet of the existence of abelian anyons. They have written a paper describing experiments they conducted designed to reveal the existence o...

In this special episode of Life's Little Mysteries, we'll give you the latest news and answer frequently asked questions about the new coronavirus and COVID-19.

Each year, dust from the Sahara Desert blows off Africa and across the Atlantic, but most years that plume isn't so massive it's nicknamed "Godzilla."

How much force must a penguin apply in order to blast a flying poop projectile, and how far can it travel? Fortunately for us all, scientists now have answers.

Take a journey through our solar system.

In a new study, a group of researchers led by Prof. Lior Klein, from the physics department and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials at Bar-Ilan University, has shown that relatively simple structures c...

A researcher has come up with an idea for a huge machine that advanced civilisations could use to move their star system around the galaxy - and we might be able to spot one in action

(University of Copenhagen) The cold, famine and unrest in ancient Rome and Egypt after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE has long been shrouded in mystery. Now, an international team, including researchers fro...

(Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, Chinese Academy) Coupled-quantum-dot (CQD) structures are considered to be an important building block in the development of scalable q...