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The distant universe might be littered with supermassive stars between 1000 and 10,000 times the mass of the sun, which could ...

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The discovery that a toxin made by bacteria found in dirty water might help trigger ulcerative colitis could lead to new ...

Around 1000 markings on a slab of rock that was once a seafloor during the Cretaceous period may have been made by sea turtle ...

The depths of the Arctic Ocean have warmed more than scientists expected. New research has placed the blame on warmer water ...

AlphaEvolve, an AI system created by Google DeepMind, is helping mathematicians do research at a scale that was previously ...

The discovery that fat is a communicative organ with a role in everything from bone health to mood is forcing a rethink of ...

A newly discovered cluster of objects called the “inner kernel” of the Kuiper belt could teach us about the early history of ...

A comprehensive UN report has found that cities and towns are home to 81 per cent of the world’s population, much more than ...

In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how an ...