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Geological evidence of the transition when Earth was plunged into a planetary-wide deep-freeze discovered in ancient Scottish rocks.

New research using a decommissioned section of the beam pipe from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has brought scientists closer than ever before to test whether magnetic monopoles exist.

Will Suunto's Race push your sporting performance and help you reach personal bests like they claim? We think so.

Auroras may once again be visible in northern parts of the U.S. this weekend as Earth braces for impact from a powerful coronal mass ejection.

MIS-C, a rare post-COVID inflammatory syndrome in children, may be triggered when the immune system mistakes its own proteins for those of the virus.

Proteins are a bit like lights in your house. They have a job to do, and getting them to do it involves switching them on and off with other proteins or molecules. But it's much easier to flip the switch on a light. In t...

Scientists sequenced the largest known animal genome in a species of lungfish -- ancient fish that breathe air.

Lightning strikes near Earth give rise to electromagnetic waves called "whistlers" that can carry energy high enough above our planet to pose a risk to satellites and astronauts

Mars rocks that were blasted off the surface of the Red Planet millions of years ago have been traced back to craters where they originated, which could transform our understanding of Mars's volcanism and evolution

An experiment to test distant particles' ability to correlate their behaviour is one of the strongest pieces of evidence that classical ideas about reality are incorrect

Russia's attacks and occupation of Ukraine's nuclear power plants have shocked observers, bringing a new and dangerous dimension to warfare. What should Ukraine do as it gains the chance to turn the tables?

Researchers have developed a new framework to understand why people are fascinated by events centered around themes of death, disaster, and suffering. These "dark events" include everything from historical commemorations...

Microscope images could be obtained much more quickly--rather than one pixel at a time--thanks to a new imaging method for neutral atomic beam microscopes developed by Swansea University researchers. It could ultimately ...

Summary: During sleep, the brain resets memory by silencing specific neurons in the hippocampus, allowing for continuous learning without overloading. This process, crucial for memory consolidation, involves different re...

Researchers discovered that spontaneous brain activity during early development drives neural wiring before sensory experiences shape the brain. This spontaneous activity in neurons strengthens connections, following Heb...

New research in mice reveals that aging slows the brain's ability to clear out harmful waste, contributing to neurological disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Scientists have found that restoring function in the ...

Understanding the nature of consciousness is one of the hardest problems in science. Some scientists have suggested that quantum mechanics, and in particular quantum entanglement, is the key to unraveling the phenomenon.

Memories are not static; they adapt over time to help us respond to new situations. Researchers have discovered that the hippocampus stores multiple copies of a single memory, each within different neuron groups that dev...

The large language model gets medical calls wrong more often than not.

See the incredible shots that have won this year's BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology Image Competition

We already know that having a job can improve mental health, but findings suggest that creative hobbies can make life feel even more worthwhile

The noises made by organisms like ants and worms as they move around in the soil can be used to assess whether an ecosystem is in good shape