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The cartoonist and engineer reveals what percentage of all humans who have ever lived are your ancestors, and what might happen if you pumped pure ammonia into your stomach (don't)

Massive neutron stars colliding in space are thought to be able to create precious metals such as gold and platinum. The properties of these stars are still an enigma, but the answer may lie beneath the skin of one of th...

There are plenty of apps that offer mental exercises claiming to make users smarter the more they play. Not only are they not much fun, but studies show they have no effect on performance, says Adrian Hon

The mosquitoes hide, and enter a state of torpor

The world's largest digital camera for astronomy is taller than a car, has as many pixels as 2666 iPhones and will, over the course of the next ten years, help researchers study billions of galaxies

Study finds no significant evidence to support the link between following either the Mediterranean diet or a conventional diet and a reduced risk of developing dementia.

The higher a man's IQ, the more likely he is to partake in betting on horse races, a new study concludes.

A quantum engine built using two entangled quantum bits uses measurements as a source of energy. It could speed up the way some quantum computers process information

For the first time, researchers have captured in near-atomic detail the structure of a key part of the inner ear responsible for hearing. The results could pave the way for developing new treatments for those with hearin...

In fruit flies, specific neurons in the brain adapt to help the insect remain alert in dangerous situations and fall asleep after a trying day. The findings could help in the development of new therapies to treat sleep d...

Cast your mind back to when Earth was a baby. The solar system was a brutal nursery. Giant fragments of rock whirled chaotically around a fiery young sun, regularly bombarding infant planets. Earth formed during this per...

Women who use positive humor to describe themselves have a more positive view of their body image than those who use self-deprecating humor. Those who have negative body image and use self-defeating humor are more likely...

ISRIB, a small molecule that blocks the integrated stress response, can reverse the neural and cognitive effects of a concussion in mice weeks after a brain injury has occurred.

A little-known species of penguin only has the resources to raise one offspring, but an evolutionary quirk means they focus their investment on the second egg

By transplanting living brain cells from an organoid into newborn rats, researchers create a new method of studying neurodevelopment and show neurons from one species can effectively form connections with another.

The asteroid's orbit changed by more than half an hour.

Erect-crested penguins commonly perform a practice that's rare in birds: They lay an egg only to reject it, to ensure the survival of a second, bigger egg. Researchers finally cracked the case of this odd behavior.

Apps that create images based on text can deliver amazing results, but there are problems with the data sets some are trained on and the lack of compensation for artists, says Annalee Newitz

Scientists uncovered a previously unknown way that dinosaur mummies form.

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This deep dive into what we know about long covid from Gez Medinger and Danny Altmann is welcome - but leans a little too heavily on anecdotal information

In this informative book, Patrick House explores interpretations of consciousness through the story of a teenager who laughed during brain surgery when a surgeon artificially stimulated her neural activity