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Gene editing could treat damage from 'irreversible' kidney disease

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 1:00pm
Using CRISPR to correct the mutations behind polycystic kidney disease could counter some of the damage the condition causes
Categories: Astronomy

Tutankhamun was only a D-list pharaoh. So why was his tomb so opulent?

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 12:00pm
He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is revealing the surprising reasons why he was given such a lavish send-off
Categories: Astronomy

IBM says it will build a practical quantum supercomputer by 2029

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 7:00am
The company has unveiled new innovations in quantum hardware and software that researchers hope will make quantum computing both error-proof and useful before the end of the decade
Categories: Astronomy

Starlink satellites are leaking radio signals that may ruin astronomy

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 1:00pm
Our ability to study faint radio signals from when the first stars began to form is being threatened by SpaceX's Starlink satellites, which seem to be unintentionally leaking radio signals that overpower astronomers' telescopes
Categories: Astronomy

The chilling discovery that nerve cells help cancers grow and spread

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 12:00pm
A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs like Botox and beta blockers
Categories: Astronomy

Sauropod dinosaur's last meal reveals that it didn't bother to chew

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 12:00pm
A sauropod dinosaur fossil has been found with preserved stomach contents for the first time, providing insights into what they ate and how
Categories: Astronomy

Forest crisis sparks alarm that Europe will miss net-zero targets

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 5:00am
Extreme weather, pest outbreaks and overharvesting are turning forest carbon sinks into carbon sources across Europe, undermining a crucial part of countries’ net-zero plans
Categories: Astronomy

US stops endorsing covid-19 shots for kids – are other vaccines next?

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 12:09pm
When Robert F Kennedy Jr announced that the US would stop recommending covid-19 vaccines for healthy children and pregnancies, he bypassed standard protocols and set the stage for future vaccine rollbacks
Categories: Astronomy

Could we build space-time computers that run on gravity?

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 12:00pm
New mathematical work provides a way to identify when information has been changed by manipulating space-time – and it may form a foundation for future space-time computers
Categories: Astronomy

Women find other women’s faces even more attractive than men do

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 11:51am
Across many cultures, both men and women rate female faces as more attractive, and women exhibit this preference even more strongly than men
Categories: Astronomy

Japan's Resilience moon lander has crashed into the lunar surface

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 7:03am
An attempt to become the third successful private landing on the moon has ended in failure, as ispace's Resilience probe crashed due to a malfunctioning laser sensor
Categories: Astronomy

We may have discovered the first-ever stars powered by dark matter

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 6:23am
Dark stars were first suggested in 2007, but now observations with the James Webb Space Telescope hint that we may have actually found some of these unusual cosmic objects
Categories: Astronomy

The best new science fiction books of June 2025

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 5:00am
June’s sci-fi hot tips feature a sleep-killing neural chip from Laura Elliott, plus Will Carver's vision of a world where a virus makes us kinder
Categories: Astronomy

Taurine may not be a key driver of ageing after all

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 3:00pm
Taurine supplements have previously been found to extend the lifespan of monkeys and mice, but a new study in humans shows that the amino acid doesn’t decline with age
Categories: Astronomy

Retinal implant restores sight for blind mice

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 3:00pm
Metallic nanoparticles injected into the retina partly restored vision in blind mice and could work as a treatment for conditions that damage light-sensitive cells in the eye
Categories: Astronomy

Fusion power may never happen if we don't fix the lithium bottleneck

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm
Nuclear fusion power will probably require vast quantities of enriched lithium – but we aren’t making nearly enough, and ramping up production will mean using toxic mercury
Categories: Astronomy

We've figured out how our brains sort imagination from reality

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm
Two brain regions seem to work together to determine whether we are seeing something real, or merely a product of our imaginations - and understanding them further may help treat visual hallucinations
Categories: Astronomy

Worms team up to form tentacles when they want to go places

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm
Thousands of tiny nematode worms can join up to form tentacle-like towers that can straddle large gaps or hitch rides on larger animals
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Ancient humans evolved to be better teachers as technology advanced

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 7:30am
As our ancestors developed more advanced tools and cultural practices, they also developed new ways of explaining concepts to others – culminating in the emergence of complex language
Categories: Astronomy

The bizarre story of a maths proof that is only true in Japan

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 4:00am
A 500-page proof that only a handful of people in the world claim to understand kicked off a saga unlike anything else in the history of mathematics – and now there’s a new twist to the story, says Jacob Aron
Categories: Astronomy