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Friends actor Matthew Perry died last month, and the public outpouring of grief has been huge. Why can celebrity deaths be so upsetting, asks Sara Novak

Researchers discovered that hearing loss in older adults is associated with specific brain changes, potentially increasing dementia risk. Using hearing tests and MRI, the study, identified microstructural differences in ...

China has denied that one of their rockets crashed into the moon's surface in 2022, leaving mysterious twin craters behind, but new research adds fresh evidence to the debate.

Divers off the coast of Naples, Italy have recovered a large chunk of chiseled obsidian that likely went down in a Stone Age shipwreck more than 5,000 years ago.

Researchers discovered that reducing the amino acid isoleucine in diets can significantly improve health outcomes in mice. The study reveals that a low-isoleucine diet led to longer lifespans, leaner bodies, and reduced ...

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in selectively exciting a molecule using a combination of two extreme-ultraviolet light sources and causing the molecule to dissociate while tracking it over time. This is a...

A new study reveals distinct brain changes in long COVID patients compared to those fully recovered from COVID-19 and healthy controls. The research employed Diffusion Microstructure Imaging (DMI) to analyze brain micros...

In laser-based manufacturing, accommodating non-flat, or changing surfaces has traditionally been labor-intensive, involving complex focus mapping procedures and or ex-situ characterization. This often results in reposit...

Researchers discovered that the ear emits subtle sounds in response to eye movements, allowing them to pinpoint where someone is looking. The study demonstrates that these ear sounds, potentially caused by muscle contrac...

A robotic construction vehicle can use 3D digital mapping and AI to learn the best placement for each stone in a wall, without instruction from a human

Newborn babies respond differently to their mother tongue, suggesting that exposure to language in the uterus may provide the foundations for learning

Anna Beeke's shot of this huge spruce, which has become a landmark on the Pacific shoreline, is part of a stunning new book of photographs highlighting trees and woodlands around the world

After bringing the world news of the Black Hole Lane near a reader's home in Hereford, UK, last month, Feedback is delighted to learn of the existence of the Black Hole Public Toilet in Nelson, New Zealand

How did people with irrational beliefs fare in psychology's early days? Owen Davies's new book has great insights

Trust and safety teams at tech firms are all too easy to overlook, but the rise of propaganda and online harassment makes them vitally important, says Annalee Newitz

Almost two weeks after the town of Grindavík was evacuated over fears of a volcanic eruption, the magma dike beneath Iceland still poses a high risk, with earthquakes and ground deformation ongoing.

A fatty acid found in beef and milk attacked different types of cancerous cells in a series of lab and animal experiments

A new series of experiments has shown that the mysterious "E-prime layer," which surrounds Earth's outer core, is created by water that leaks deep into our planet's interior.

Human chromosomes are long polymer chains that store genetic information. The nucleus of each cell contains the entire human genome (DNA) encoded on 46 chromosomes with a total length of about 2 meters. To fit into the m...

Covid-19 vaccines may offer better protection if they just target the omicron variant, rather than both omicron and the ancestral SARS-CoV-2 strain

Hopfions, magnetic spin structures predicted decades ago, have become a hot and challenging research topic in recent years. In a study published in Nature, the first experimental evidence is presented by a Swedish-German...

Wearable technology that stimulates the brain to make you sleep more deeply promises to revolutionise your slumber - can it really lead to a better night's rest?