Most of the ancient underground aqueducts that enabled humans to settle in the world’s hottest and driest regions have been ...

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The long-standing mystery of how supermassive black holes grew so huge so quickly could be solved by decaying dark matter ...

A species of leaf chameleon newly named Brookesia nofy was discovered in a patch of coastal rainforest, a highly threatened ...

The human brain goes through significant changes during pregnancy with few regions untouched, according to the first ever map ...

We're finally pinning down the mechanisms that drive obsessive-compulsive disorder, revealing a complex combination of ...

ALS, the most common form of motor neuron disease, can take a long time to diagnose, but a blood test could help doctors spot ...

Ekkehard Peik is a clock-maker. But instead of spending his days looking at tiny cogs and springs through a magnifying glass, the tools of his trade are powerful lasers, wires and, occasionally ...

The direction of cause and effect was brought into question for quantum objects more than a decade ago, but new calculations ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists have discovered that feeding bees absorbent bits of hydrogel boosts their chances ...