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The DNA hints at when and how ice age brown bears once migrated to Japan's largest island.

How fast is renewable energy rising and fossil fuel use declining? Who's using how much energy - and for what? Find out in our quick graphical guide to the world energy scene

As more of our devices require recharging of their batteries, researchers are looking to ambient lighting as a potential source of generating small amounts of power for indoor devices.

A small rock arch in Gale Crater is a whimsical example of the textures of Mars.

The release of 2-AG, a natural endocannabinoid that is suggested to be the brain's equivalent to THC, dampens down seizure activity but increases post-seizure oxygen deprivation in the brain.

Storm formation during the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season will be higher than previously predicted, according to an update by NOAA scientists.

Non-invasive brain stimulation, such as rTMS, helps to reduce smoking frequency in nicotine-dependent people, a new study reports. Stimulating the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex with repetitive transcranial magnetic stim...

Sleep-deprived mice had increased activity in hippocampal inhibitory neurons, disrupting the processing and storage of new memories.

A small increase in fine particular air pollution over a decade within certain areas of Seattle was associated with significantly increased dementia risks for those living in the areas.

Since receiving a $25 million grant in 2019 to become the first National Science Foundation (NSF) Quantum Foundry, UC Santa Barbara researchers affiliated with the foundry have been working to develop materials that can ...

Encouraging food manufacturers to voluntarily reduce the calorie content of their food doesn't work, according to an analysis of data collected in the UK

We used to think that the moon had a strong magnetic field like Earth's, but a new analysis of rocks collected by the Apollo missions suggests that previous signs of magnetism came from asteroid impacts instead

Pain distribution as reported on a body map, on its own, can be used to assign patients to distinct subgroups that are associated with differences in pain intensity, pain quality, pain impact and clinically-relevant thre...

Ever cheaper wind and solar power means the decline of coal, oil and gas is unstoppable. The trillion-dollar question is how, and how quickly, their demise comes about

People think using more energy is a bad thing, says International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol - but as long as we can make it cleanly, it needn't be

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As energy access improves in low-income countries, there is an opportunity to go straight to clean technologies, says Jim Watson

This alien-like image shows butterfly probiscises, shaped by evolution to help them drink nectar from flowers. The shot, created using a special optical imaging technique, reveals the intricacies of their mouthparts

The pandemic has provided yet more evidence that misinformation can have devastating consequences. It doesn't have to be that way, writes Annalee Newitz

Discoveries of mass graves of Indigenous children in Canada have prompted new scrutiny of the residential school system - including the role physicians played in unethical experiments, says paediatrician Samir Shaheen-Hu...

After Yang is a thoughtful film about a couple who purchase an android friend for their young daughter. It evokes a future where humans learn moral lessons from robots

A preliminary study suggests that, among those most likely to develop myocarditis, the heart condition is six times more likely to occur after having covid-19 than after getting vaccinated