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Body found at bottom of Scottish well may be from rare ritual burial performed centuries ago

Body found at bottom of Scottish well may be from ...

8 hours ago 31

Peptides are the latest wellness fad. What are they, and are they safe?

Peptides are the latest wellness fad. What are the...

8 hours ago 39

Neanderthals may have trekked through the Saudi Arabian desert 55,000 years ago, farther south than experts thought possible

Neanderthals may have trekked through the Saudi Ar...

13 hours ago 43

'Beyond human intuition': AI designs chip components 500 times smaller than what engineers could ever imagine

'Beyond human intuition': AI designs chip componen...

14 hours ago 49

The pace of climate change matters more than overall heat in the race to save key Atlantic currents, study finds

The pace of climate change matters more than overa...

14 hours ago 50

Archaeologists discover Etruscan well that was ritually opened with offerings for a goddess — and 'closed' with human bodies

Archaeologists discover Etruscan well that was rit...

17 hours ago 44

Giant underwater plume blasts into swirling cloud 'street' in the East China Sea — Earth from space

Giant underwater plume blasts into swirling cloud ...

19 hours ago 38

'They don't deserve this beauty and this breathtaking fragility': Former Antarctic tour guides told researchers why they quit the troubling industry

'They don't deserve this beauty and this breathtak...

19 hours ago 55

Do you think social media bans will protect children?

Do you think social media bans will protect childr...

1 day ago 44

1,700-year-old church discovered under a lake in Turkey may be the location of the First Council of Nicaea — but other experts disagree

1,700-year-old church discovered under a lake in T...

1 day ago 50

$Skeleton with 167 fractures discovered at Scottish castle may have been first victim of Edward I's 'War Wolf' trebuchet$

Skeleton with 167 fractures discovered at Scottish...

1 day ago 58

Fire-flame vessel: An exquisitely crafted 4,500-year-old pot from a mysterious culture in Japan

Fire-flame vessel: An exquisitely crafted 4,500-ye...

1 day ago 53

Elon Musk and Sam Altman claim we've reached the AI singularity. But how would we even know that happened?

Elon Musk and Sam Altman claim we've reached the A...

1 day ago 62

'There's a sense that these algorithms are objective and they get to know you': How social media warps our understanding of healthcare

'There's a sense that these algorithms are objecti...

2 days ago 86

Astronomers find water in the harsh environment near the Milky Way's black hole — Space photo of the week

Astronomers find water in the harsh environment ne...

2 days ago 79

Which building blocks of life have been found in space, and which haven't?

Which building blocks of life have been found in s...

2 days ago 53

4 lemurs die of human herpesvirus, including one that had been used in a 'lemur yoga' class

4 lemurs die of human herpesvirus, including one t...

3 days ago 65

'A fine line between reducing stigma and trivialising conditions': Social media, self-diagnosis and the glamorization of ADHD

'A fine line between reducing stigma and trivialis...

3 days ago 76

Why do cats yowl?

Why do cats yowl?

3 days ago 52

'Full-on berserker mode': Archaeologists solve mystery of medieval soldiers with gruesome square holes in their skull

'Full-on berserker mode': Archaeologists solve mys...

4 days ago 88

Rare belching disorder could be treated with singing, study hints — but not everyone is convinced

Rare belching disorder could be treated with singi...

4 days ago 56

'The lance head was still inside the pelvis:' Mass grave found in Austria may hold casualties of unknown ancient Roman battle

'The lance head was still inside the pelvis:' Mass...

4 days ago 66

'If this is the new normal, then we are in very deep trouble': Brazil's drying aquifers could have ripple effects across the world

'If this is the new normal, then we are in very de...

4 days ago 66

Memory may not work how we thought, study of mice in artificial hibernation finds

Memory may not work how we thought, study of mice ...

5 days ago 71

Saving old trees may protect people's health more than planting new ones, study of Chicago neighborhoods finds

Saving old trees may protect people's health more ...

5 days ago 118

'They basically used these dried-up wells just to throw people in': 43 skeletons found in Roman-era well may be evidence of deadly plague

'They basically used these dried-up wells just to ...

5 days ago 89

New AI technique helps robots complete tasks twice as fast by letting them 'think ahead'

New AI technique helps robots complete tasks twice...

5 days ago 83

James Webb telescope just spotted the oldest, closest pair of black holes in the early universe

James Webb telescope just spotted the oldest, clos...

5 days ago 78

Foodborne illnesses: Is the US really being hit harder this year?

Foodborne illnesses: Is the US really being hit ha...

5 days ago 70

Mars may have been losing its water more than 4 billion years ago, oldest-known Martian meteorite suggests

Mars may have been losing its water more than 4 bi...

5 days ago 64

Mammal ancestors may have given live birth 90 million years earlier than we thought, rewriting evolutionary timelines

Mammal ancestors may have given live birth 90 mill...

5 days ago 60

Pigs wearing heated diving suits and diapers reveal a better way to beat 'the bends'

Pigs wearing heated diving suits and diapers revea...

5 days ago 53

Before we ban kids from social media completely, here's what we should try first

Before we ban kids from social media completely, h...

5 days ago 65

How to see and photograph the partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28

How to see and photograph the partial lunar eclips...

5 days ago 66

New 2D memory device stores data on just a single electron

New 2D memory device stores data on just a single ...

5 days ago 66

Totality! See the first photos of the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Spain

Totality! See the first photos of the Aug. 12 tota...

6 days ago 75

Young wild octopuses may form a 'fight club' and slap territorial fish if they get too close

Young wild octopuses may form a 'fight club' and s...

6 days ago 61

Nocturnal dodo? Study suggests we were very wrong about Mauritius' iconic flightless bird

Nocturnal dodo? Study suggests we were very wrong ...

6 days ago 62

'They'll surf into the eclipse': Readers share their plans for today’s epic solar eclipse and meteor shower mash-up

'They'll surf into the eclipse': Readers share the...

6 days ago 78

'No longer will anything seem impossible or marvellous': How an 'immoral, foul-mouthed and violent man' wrote the first eyewitness account of a total solar eclipse

'No longer will anything seem impossible or marvel...

6 days ago 73

New 'magnetoelastic' tent generates electricity from wind, body movement and sound to power small devices

New 'magnetoelastic' tent generates electricity fr...

6 days ago 82

Diagnostic dilemma: Doctors performed surgery to remove a mass in a woman's gut ‪—‬ and a bug-like creature immediately jumped out

Diagnostic dilemma: Doctors performed surgery to r...

6 days ago 65

Genetics triggers male black widows to blackflip into death, study finds

Genetics triggers male black widows to blackflip i...

1 week ago 70

Astronomers created the largest-ever 2D map of the universe, charting 4 billion objects in the night sky

Astronomers created the largest-ever 2D map of the...

1 week ago 113

A solar eclipse will be visible to millions of people tomorrow: How to watch in person and online

A solar eclipse will be visible to millions of peo...

1 week ago 67

Neanderthals passed on a gene that helps modern humans pack on more muscle — but only a few people have it

Neanderthals passed on a gene that helps modern hu...

1 week ago 88

New AI chip mimics the human brain's capacity for split-second motor control — it solved problems using 10,000 times fewer calculations

New AI chip mimics the human brain's capacity for ...

1 week ago 92

What the US could learn from Japan's incentive for responsible antibiotic use

What the US could learn from Japan's incentive for...

1 week ago 60

'Like a jail door slamming': Male sperm whales' mysterious rhythmic clanging is the loudest communication sound of any animal

'Like a jail door slamming': Male sperm whales' my...

1 week ago 68

Explosive 'Mountain of God' spits out the fastest-flowing lava on Earth — Earth from space

Explosive 'Mountain of God' spits out the fastest-...

1 week ago 72