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A jet of particles released by two colliding stars appears to be moving seven times faster than the speed of light -- but astronomers blame a cosmic illusion known as superluminal motion.

Bubonic plague, or the "Black Death" placed significantly selective pressure on humans, changing the frequency of certain immune-related genes and affecting our susceptibility to modern diseases.

The megadrought in south-western North America is the worst in more than 1000 years. These images from space reveal how much the severe dry spell is changing the landscape

Almost 23 per cent of developers in Russia who used the popular coding platform GitHub changed their location information or deleted their profiles between February 2021 and June 2022

When switched on at a pre-reproductive age, stress response in cells could slow down aging and promote longevity.

These are the 12 most lethal viruses, based on their mortality rates or the number of people they have killed.

Stress impacts the brain's response to food, researchers report. Additionally, both lean and obese people react to food cues in brain areas associated with reward and cognitive control.

A new theory suggests glial cells, specifically astrocytes, play a key role in cognitive processing.

COVID-19 infection causes microglia to excessively engulf synaptic structures and the upregulation of factors involved in phagocytosis.

Large fish prefer to scrape against sharks over members of their own species, possibly to pry off parasites

A neural network forms the basis of many modern artificial intelligence set-ups, and now the concept has been applied to a purely mechanical calculating machine

Researchers have developed a new method to create glutamatergic neuronal cells from SH-SY5Y cells without the use of animal-derived components. The new technique repurposes the B-27 growth supplement. This is the first t...

In a recent paper co-authored by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Research Council of Canada and Graham Machin, National Physical Laboratory Senior Fellow, the research te...

Snippets of ancient viruses are embedded in the human genome and active in many healthy tissues.

Fractures in an Antarctic iceberg were likely caused by rapid changes in the currents that flow through the Southern Ocean.

From the jewel scarab beetle to the golden mole, the natural world brims with treasure. We must agree, at a vast, global, political level, to protect it, says Katherine Rundell

Shops are stocking up on pumpkins for Halloween. While I haven't always been a fan of squashes, I've been charmed by how such unlikely fruits came to spread worldwide, says Penny Sarchet

What is consciousness, and why do we simultaneously seek it out and dread it in other entities? Ray Nayler's staggering novel has grand ambitions and even provides a few answers, finds Sally Adee

From a close-up of a 1-millimetre-wide coral polyp to a shot of a tiger beetle clasping a fly, these photos are some of the top entries in the Nikon Small World 2022 Photomicrography competition

The grub is better there

Work from the lab of Svante Paabo doubles the number of known Neanderthal genomes

Analysing it may aid understanding of how heavy elements form