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An international research team led by Skoltech and IBM has created an extremely energy-efficient optical switch that could replace electronic transistors in a new generation of computers manipulating photons rather than ...

Black holes devour stuff and then shrivel away over billions of years. Explaining what happens to anything that falls in explodes our current theories of physics, says cosmologist Paul Davies

Archaeologists in Colombia have found eight ceramic jars, with metallic figurines and emeralds inside, within a temple and its adjacent graves.

Study reports the MIND diet may help reduce a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and help maintain cognition in older adults.

They're a popular feature of many gyms, and can help with overall fitness, but are exercise bikes good for losing weight?

Adults and children with migraines may get less quality, REM sleep time than people who don't have migraines. That's according to a meta-analysis. Children with migraines were also found to get less total sleep time than...

Adults with neurologic conditions are more likely than the general population to have had adverse childhood experiences such as abuse, neglect or household dysfunction, according to a new study. The study does not prove ...

Dopamine-controlled fan cells in the lateral entorhinal cortex are required for the formation of associative memories.

Dozens of bird species became more abundant in 93 urban centres across the US and Canada when covid-19 restrictions cut noise and pollution from traffic

Guinness World Records certified the title this month.

There are many forms of dietary restriction and their health benefits are not 'one size fits all.' Researchers provide a framework for a new personalized sub-specialty: precision nutrigeroscience, based on biomarkers aff...

Small-armed, two-legged dinosaurs may have wagged their tails to help them run, for the same reason humans swing their arms, according to a new study.

Around one third of all food produced globally goes to waste, the vast majority being thrown into landfill sites where it is left to rot away

A return to old measurements, plus the best harbour from a comparison viewpoint and angler behaviour during the pandemic, in Feedback's weird weekly round-up

A return to old measurements, plus the best harbour from a comparison viewpoint and angler behaviour during the pandemic, in Feedback's weird weekly round-up

Natalie Starkey's new book will make you rethink what you thought you knew about how volcanoes around our solar system look, what they do and what comes out of them when they erupt

There's a lot that can go slightly wrong with the human body and most of the time science can't explain why. But even our unremarkable illnesses deserve closer inspection

The climate emergency is taking a huge toll on our mental health, particularly for young people and those on the front line. But it could motivate us to find solutions to the crisis, writes Graham Lawton

Denis Villeneuve's big-budget remake boasts a stellar cast and spectacular effects, yet the big scenes fail to deliver on the deeper ecological and anti-colonial message of the novel

Plans to change how medicines are assessed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence mustn't weaken safety precautions, says Clare Wilson

Two new intranasal drugs slow inflammation and stop the spread of alpha-synuclein in mouse models of Parkinson's disease. The drug also improved gait and balance in the animals. If the results are able to be replicated i...

Greater radiodensity of perivascular adipose tissue in women during midlife was associated with decreased working memory performance later in life.