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USGS researchers have unveiled the first map of prospective locations for hydrogen gas in the contiguous United States -- and there's a lot more than they previously thought.

A study analyzing data from over 2 million veterans found that GLP-1 receptor agonists, popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, provide significant neurological and behavioral health benefits, including reduce...

A study of nearly 2,000 children found that boys exposed to violent television content at ages 3.5 to 4.5 were more likely to exhibit antisocial behaviors as teens. These behaviors included physical aggression, theft, th...

A kind of umbilical cord between different quantum states can be found in some materials. Researchers at TU Wien have now shown that this "umbilical cord" is generic to many materials.

There are many megaliths around the world, some of which rival Stonehenge for their size and age.

Research is revealing the complex relationship between sleep and the gut microbiome, raising the prospect that eating better during the day might help you get a better night's rest

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is developing a tokamak device called SPARC. The company aims to demonstrate the critical fusion energy milestone of producing more output power than input power for the first time in a ...

A large new study has shed light on the wider health impacts of taking Ozempic-style drugs.

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment - here's how to spot the celestial show

The benefits of taking GLP-1 agonists seem to outweigh the risks, at least when taken for approved uses, according to an assessment of how the drugs impact 175 conditions

The benefits of taking GLP-1 agonists seem to outweigh the risks, at least when taken for approved uses, according to an assessment of how the drugs affect 175 conditions

Urine is rich in nitrogen, which is important for plant growth, and now scientists have found an efficient way of utilising this to make human wastewater into fertiliser

People often go to the bathroom in groups, and according to new research chimpanzees do the same, possibly to strengthen group social bonds.

Is 8 hours of sleep really the right amount for you? Understanding your personal chronotype could be a better way to approach how much time you should spend in bed

A little penguin colony in Australia struggles during years with high penguin divorce rates, but the divorcees could have more offspring in the long run if they find better mates, a new study finds.

Predicting the lifetime of an electric ion thruster is notoriously difficult. You have to account for the chamber wall effects, which are not present in space environments. Researchers within several different aerospace ...

Countries like the UK, Spain and Italy rely on gas to step in when renewables can't produce power, leading to higher energy prices - but a more flexible system could avoid this

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a new superconducting material. They combined iron, nickel, and zirconium, to create a new transition metal zirconide with different ratios of iron to nickel...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species -- one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

The soft metal bismuth may be a wonder material for electronics - particularly because of one surprising behaviour it displays when exposed to magnetic fields

The gut microbiome has tremendous potential for helping us treat, or even prevent, many different conditions - but first, we need to understand it better

Sleeping a solid 8 hours isn't the whole story and the quality of your sleep might matter more. But what does sleep quality mean and how can we measure it?