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Aliens could be forced to give up cosmic expansion to avoid catastrophe.

The James Webb Space Telescope's four science instruments are 'perfectly aligned' and ready to begin observations this summer, NASA said in a news conference.

Researchers have shown for the first time in mice that heart problems associated with the flu are not caused by raging inflammation in the lungs, as has long been predicted. Instead, the electrical malfunctions and heart...

Bipedalism dramatically reshaped the hominin pelvis into a real birth canal. Researchers report Australopithecus had complex birth patterns compared to Great Apes and were likely to have practiced co-operative breeding.

Researchers have designed a new method of converting non-neural cells into functioning neurons that are able to form synapses, dispense dopamine, and restore the function of neurons undermined by Parkinson's associated d...

Whirlpools form when fast-flowing currents in oceans and rivers constantly change direction. What do they look like and can you escape from one?

People who are more accurate at reading another person's emotions are better able to understand what a musician is trying to convey through their compositions. Additionally, those with higher empathetic accuracy are bett...

INSR, a protein essential for insulin activity, plays a critical role in stem cell longevity. Additionally, inactivating INSR in glioblastoma brain cancer stem cells inhibits the growth of primitive tumor forming cells.

Chameleons introduced to Hawaii in 1972 have started flaunting brighter colours, probably because they have fewer predators to hide from

Two drugs called dexamethasone and diclofenac relieve pain in the short term but may block healing of the injury and so cause worse pain long term

Anti-inflammatories may relieve pain in the short term, but blocking inflammation can lead to longer-term chronic pain, a new study reports.

Amotivation and anhedonia rather than expressive dysfunction play a critical role in determining social functioning in those with schizophrenia.

For 15 years, researchers have been using the IUCN's Red List criteria to assess reptile species across the world. Scientists recently found that a fifth of those are now at risk of extinction, and experts say their work...

Adolescents exposed to repeated trauma may have a maladaptive response to acute stress in important functional brain networks.

Television often portrays researchers as lab coat-wearing weirdos who hate social interactions, but the name of the game is collaboration plus hoodies. We need to get better at showing the public what we do, says Chanda ...

Animal minds are extraordinarily diverse, but a new attempt to categorise them aims to reveal the distinct nature of intelligence in everything from dolphins to bees - and even us

A moving exhibition at Bletchley Park shows women's crucial contribution to the success of the UK's wartime intelligence centre

For decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a discrepancy known as the Hubble tension, which threatens to transform cosmology. But a new method suggests the tension may not exist after all

Feedback looks into misdirected amplexus in anurans, the metaphysics of farts, and the company which produced 35 miles of Swiss roll a week

When Australian animals such as platypuses and wombats are described as bizarre or primitive, it makes it harder to protect these incredible, highly adapted species, says Jack Ashby

A series of immersive installations, including Planet City, a film that imagines a "hyper-dense" city of 10 billion people, are part of Our Time on Earth, a new exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London encouraging peo...

Biologist Nick Lane has fun rethinking a key biochemical process called the Krebs cycle in his new book, even arguing for a role in consciousness. But it's not for the faint-hearted