Science
Cystitis or tooth decay could trigger dementia just a few years later
Infections are increasingly being linked to a higher risk of dementia. In the latest research, scientists have...
Earth may have formed from two separate rings around the sun
Our solar system’s rocky planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars – may have formed from two rings around the...
Antimatter has been transported by road for the first time
CERN is working on building an antimatter delivery service. The project passed a big test by successfully tran...
The shocking fossils that show T. rex wasn't the king of the dinosaurs
We've always thought that Tyrannosaurus rex was an unchallenged apex predator during the dying days of the din...
Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'
As the science fiction author publishes the latest novel in his Children of Time series, Children of Strife, h...
How AI shook the world's largest meeting of physicists
Physicists are grappling with how the increasing presence of AI will change the nature of their profession
Are humans degenerating genetically and getting dumber as a result?
Are we evolving to be more stupid? Humans have a relatively high genetic mutation rate, which has been thought...
Genetic clues tell the story of Neanderthals' decline
The Neanderthal population shrank during a cold spell around 75,000 years ago, and the loss of genetic diversi...
Warmer ocean is driving the Antarctic sea ice 'regime shift'
Since 2016, Antarctic sea ice extent has been declining sharply – now scientists are piecing together how stro...
The simple questions cracking the hard problem of consciousness
Do we all see the same red? Or feel joy and sadness alike? Mapping how our inner experiences relate to one ano...
'Zombie' cells created by transplanting genomes into dead bacteria
Researchers have created the first living synthetic bacterium made from non-living parts by killing a bacteria...
The success of machine mathematicians shows us how to be OK with AI
Many people who try using AI are disappointed with the results and feel they can’t trust a machine – but are t...
Mysterious comet disintegration caught by telescope after lucky break
Catching a comet in the process of falling apart is difficult, but a coincidence let astronomers see one in mo...
Security credentials inadvertently leaked on thousands of websites
Researchers identified nearly 10,000 websites where API keys could be found, exposing details that could let a...
You can now buy a DIY quantum computer
Qilimanjaro is selling a relatively cheap kit with everything you need for a quantum computer – you just need...
What to read this week: Katrina Manson's terrifying Project Maven
It is scarily fascinating to read about the US military's journey into AI warfare in this deeply-researched bo...
Inside the world’s first antimatter delivery service
On Tuesday, CERN will transport antiprotons on a truck for the first time, testing the plan to deliver antimat...
We’ve spotted a huge asteroid spinning impossibly fast
Astronomers have found a 710-metre-wide asteroid that spins once every 1.9 minutes, so fast that it should hav...