Fears that artificial intelligence could rise up to wipe out humanity are understandable given our steady diet of sci-fi ...

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough ...

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Improved hardware can send ten times as much data through existing fibre-optic cables, potentially providing a way to ...

For those who want a little help composting, take a cue from James Woodford’s experience raising worms – both the small ...

An incredibly powerful flash of X-rays spotted by the Einstein Probe telescope appears to be a kind of explosion first ...

A galaxy spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope, known as Hebe, that existed just 400 million years after the big bang ...

There is evidence that intermittent fasting alters the gut microbiome, and while this is often believed to improve gut health, some studies are now raising doubts about whether that is always the case ...

AI predicted that a forgotten breast cancer drug could be repurposed to treat many respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses, ...

Two of the biggest health concerns of the modern age – ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and microplastics – have one thing in common: we don’t actually know if or how they harm our health. But researchers ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission will be the first time humans have been around the moon in half a century, and its next launch ...

A female sperm whale has been filmed giving birth for the first time, supported by 10 adult females who lifted the calf out ...