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For a long time scientists have been trying to figure out what was been behind the extinction of the dinosaurs. Here is the latest theory - it's all about dust.

The echinoderms more closely resemble disembodied heads than multi-limbed creatures, experts have discovered

One "big wet lizard" was chewed on by another.

MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of reactors that is driven solely by the sun. In a study recently published in the Solar Energy Journal, the engineers lay out the conceptual design for a system that can efficiently produce “sola

A four-week study published in Science of The Total Environment suggests that increasing ventilation in bedrooms enhances sleep quality, highlighting the importance of air quality for overall well-being. ...

There soon may be a new cure for sickle cell disease that attacks the disorder at its genetic source.

The synthetic pigment could be used in everything from military uniforms to cancer treatments.

To understand where artificial intelligence might be heading, we must first understand what consciousness, the self and free will mean in ourselves.

Archaeologists hope to reunite the 18-ton torso of the Assyrian deity with its head, severed by smugglers decades ago

Ferdinand Magellan, who murdered and enslaved indigenous people, was not an astronomer nor the clouds' discoverer.

The mysterious dense layers of the Earth’s mantle could be remains from our planet’s collision with the protoplanet Tea 4.5 billion years ago

Scientists at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) have uncovered one way tobacco smoking causes cancer and makes it harder to treat by undermining the body's anti-cancer safeguards.

How people remember various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including their own behaviour, perception of risk and attitudes towards science and governmental policies, is biased by their perceptions and behaviour today.

This particular burst, called GRB 230307A, was likely created when two neutron stars - the incredibly dense remnants of stars after a supernova - merged in a galaxy about one billion light-years away.

The findings demonstrate self-recognition could be more common among animals than previously thought

Declassified photos taken by Cold War-era spy satellites have revealed hundreds of previously unknown Roman-era forts, in what is now Iraq and Syria, a new study found.

Solar energy is set for a rapid expansion – but only if several barriers are overcome, according to new research.

Despite occupying large green spaces, golf courses are not necessarily good for the environment. Conservationists are reclaiming and rewildling the spaces in an effort to boost biodiversity.

Chemical changes inside Mars's core caused it to lose its magnetic field. This, in turn, caused it to lose its oceans. But how?

A new solar desalination system takes in saltwater and heats it with natural sunlight. The system flushes out accumulated salt, so replacement parts aren’t needed often, meaning the system could potentially produce drinking water that is cheaper than tap water.

Scientists have created the world's first nanophotonic electron accelerator, which speeds negatively charged particles with mini laser pulses and is small enough to fit on a coin.

Serious loss of genetic diversity still poses risks for their future.

Astronomers have detected one of the most distant and energetic mysterious fast radio bursts in space, a millisecond-long blast of radio waves that traveled 8 billion years to reach Earth.

The most distant of its kind of ever seen

Ex-officials at the Food and Agriculture Organization say its leadership censored and undermined them when they highlighted how livestock methane is a major greenhouse gas

When humans make decisions, such as picking what to eat from a menu, what jumper to buy at a store, what political candidate to vote for, and so on, they might be more or less confident with their choice. If we are less confident and thus experience greater uncertainty in relation to their choice, o...

Are bananas going extinct? The Gros Michel did, and the Cavendish variety is battling disease. Here's how scientists are trying to save it.

A case study on ketamine reveals systemic barriers that prevent repurposing existing low-cost drugs like ketamine for treatment-resistant depression.

Every three per cent increase in calories from plant protein was found to reduce risk of death by 10 per cent

Large brains, long life spans and elaborate problem-solving in crows makes them surprisingly similar to humans.

NASA is showing off its first asteroid samples delivered last month by a spacecraft. Scientists and space agency leaders took part in Wednesday's big reveal at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

In 2020, 350 elephants mysteriously died in Botswana, with a further 35 dying in similar circumstances in Zimbabwe. Now scientists think they may have found the reason why

Not only does astronomical sonification expand access for the blind community, it gives scientists new perspective

Female European common frogs will play dead to avoid mating during their "explosive" breeding, where several males attempt to mount one female at the same time.

AI is poised to revolutionize our understanding of animal communication

Findings shed light on European common frog’s sometimes deadly scramble for a mate

High radiocarbon levels in the rings of subfossil tree stumps suggest that an incomprehensibly powerful solar storm, known as a "Miyake event," smashed into our planet more than 14 millennia ago.

Tantalizing new research explores whether a new law of physics might lend support to the existence of a simulated universe.