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A mysterious bronze spoon unearthed on the Isle of Man is rare evidence of ancient ritual in Europe.

The limitations of two-dimensional (2D) displays in representing the depth of the three-dimensional (3D) world have prompted researchers to explore alternatives that offer a more immersive experience. Volumetric displays...

Ever since physicist Ernest Rutherford discovered the atomic nucleus in 1911, studying its structure and behavior has remained a challenging task. More than a century later, even with today's high-tech tools for research...

The Trump administration's pause on US foreign assistance could lead to an estimated 4.2 million unintended pregnancies and more than 8300 pregnancy-related deaths

We say a message is incoherent when we can't make it out, or when it doesn't make sense. A scribbled note, a drunken argument or a conversation taking place five tables down in a crowded cafe might all be incoherent. In ...

As the carriers of the weak force, the W and Z bosons are central to the Standard Model of particle physics. Though discovered four decades ago, the W and Z bosons continue to provide physicists with new avenues for expl...

A winter storm is hitting the U.S. with record-breaking cold and heavy snow. Is the polar vortex to blame?

The nearly 5,000-year-old fortress in Spain has a much more recent burial dating to the Roman era.

A close-up shot of microplastics resting on a human finger.

We need to think more carefully about how we categorise the universe, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Millions of years after humans vanish, fossil clues showing how we lived and dominated the planet may confuse future civilisations, says a new book by Sarah Gabbott and Jan Zalasiewicz

In Feedback's true crime exclusive, we look into calls for a fresh inquest into the murder of Catherine Eddowes in the 19th century - and discover that a rather crucial part of the puzzle may be missing

A new exhibition at Somerset House in London, SOIL: The World at Our Feet, wants us to rediscover how key soil is to our lives and to the planet's future

Nobody doubts that human activities have dramatically transformed Earth, so why has there been no official recognition of the Anthropocene?

Researchers think the Indigenous roads were more about cosmology than traffic.

A man who should have developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease due to a genetic mutation is still symptom-free in his 70s. Scientists are trying to understand why.

"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact."

Using hormonal birth control methods, such as "the pill," may increase users' risk of blood clots, strokes and heart attacks, a new study has found. However, even then, a person's overall risk of these conditions is stil...

A groundbreaking new study provides the first consistent global picture of glacier decline since 2000, revealing that glaciers across the world have lost a whopping 5% of their volume since then.

Using AI to produce footage of video games with a consistent world and rules could prove useful to game designers

An analysis of more than 270,000 glaciers worldwide reveals that they have lost around 7 trillion tonnes of ice since 2000, raising sea levels by 2 centimetres

Spreading crushed rocks on fields can absorb CO2 from the air - now chemists have devised a way to turbocharge this process by creating more reactive minerals