Oldest fast radio burst ever seen sheds light on early star formation
A bright flash of radio waves from 3 billion years after the big bang is illuminating parts of the universe…
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Sweetener xylitol linked to higher risk of heart attacks and strokes
People who had higher levels of xylitol in their blood were more likely to have a heart attack or stroke…
The 2023 discoveries that made us rethink the story of human evolution
In 2023, archaeologists found evidence of architecture and art beginning earlier than we thought, and uncovered data that rewrites our…
India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission has landed near the moon’s south pole
ISRO, India’s national space agency, has successfully made a historic soft landing near the moon's water-rich south pole, only days…
Spectacular Triassic reptile had an early kind of feathers
A 247-million-year-old fossil reptile boasted an enormous crest on its back made from feather-like appendages, long before the appearance of…
Record-breaking neutrino spotted tearing through the Mediterranean Sea
A neutrino with more energy than we've ever seen before was picked up by a detector on the floor of…
One dose of a smallpox vaccine still gives good protection for mpox
A single dose of a smallpox vaccine seems to lower the risk of catching mpox by around 60 per cent,…
Little-studied pollutant from planes threatens the health of millions
More than 50 million people living near airports in Europe may be at risk of health impacts from a little-studied…
Zinc provides new clue for why loud noise causes hearing loss
Exposing mice to continuous loud noises changed the zinc levels in their inner ears, while a zinc-trapping compound helped prevent…
Our brain’s mitochondria may play a crucial role in the onset of sleep
Textbooks say that mitochondria exist to supply cells with energy, but experiments in fruit flies suggest they are also involved…