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DNA reveals a society organised around women in pre-Roman Britain
Descent passed from mother to daughter rather than from father to son, a study of more than 500 Iron Age individuals from north-east England suggests
Quantum entanglement is key to solving 250-year-old maths problem
Analysis of a mathematical puzzle that Leonhard Euler deemed unsolvable in the 1700s reveals that the crucial ingredient for cracking it after all is quantum …
The most breathtaking photos of the total solar eclipse
Photographers in Spain captured spectacular images of the rare alignment of the moon and the sun, as it cast a dark shadow over much of …
Fate of the AMOC may depend on how quickly CO2 rises
The critical current could remain stable beyond 5°C of warming, but only if the warming happens very slowly
Mammal ancestors were giving birth to live young 236 million years ago
Almost all mammals give birth rather than laying eggs, and we have new clues about when they began to do so
From the mine to the grid
How Komatsu machines help build Atlassian Williams F1 Team’s FW48
Running with a stroller seems to reduce the risk of injuries
Pushing a pram while running may reduce the force produced with each foot strike, decreasing the risk of injuries
What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away? …
One reader explains how the moon’s drift will lead to longer (and warmer) days
At what point does my family tree stop doubling and start decreasing? …
Our readers do the maths on what one of their mothers calls the family forest
This week’s new questions
Humans can see water but not air. So can fish see air? And would it be possible to have anti-black holes, and how could we …
Does shapewear make us less prone to taking risks? Weirdly, maybe yes
Feedback is a little nonplussed by an experiment that involved wearing (or not wearing) compressing shapewear, and then playing cards
Tom Gauld on failed science clip art
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
Twisteddoodles on how to handle memes featuring medical symptoms
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
We should decide how AI shapes the future, not tech firms
OpenAI and its competitors want to dictate the role that artificial intelligence will play in our society – it's time to take back control of …
Mission to save NASA telescope back on track after loss of control
Katalyst’s LINK spacecraft might still be able to save NASA’s ailing Swift telescope from doom, despite a significant mishap
How ancient trees are warning us about the next enormous solar storm
Our sun is capable of storms far bigger than we’ve ever recorded. Studying the world’s oldest trees suggests we could be due one of these …
Gödel, Escher, Bach: A daunting but captivating look at consciousness
Douglas Hofstadter’s weighty tome, an exploration of mathematics, music and the mind, runs to almost 800 pages – but is worth the effort, finds Gerardo …
Breast-augmentation method uses your own fat in dissolving scaffolds
A new approach to breast augmentation injects fat from elsewhere in the body into dissolvable scaffolds shaped like bra cups, which may lead to a …
Three black holes discovered in a young galaxy for the first time
Three massive black holes have been found in a galaxy that existed during the earliest times of the universe
CRISPR-armed phages help treat severe superbug infection
Bacteria-killing phage viruses souped up with DNA-destroying CRISPR appear to have helped clear up a very serious infection caused by antibiotic-resistant E. coli
Heart surgery cured a man’s skin cancer – and gave him a …
Having surgery for a heart condition is thought to have triggered an immune response that put the patient into remission for his severe skin cancer, …
Rainbows can be made from sounds – and we’ve created the best …
Two research teams have independently created devices within which sound waves could be separated by frequency, creating the most complete sound rainbows yet
How ancient trees are warning us about the next enormous solar storm
Our sun is capable of storms far bigger than we’ve ever recorded. Studying the world’s oldest trees suggests we could be due one of these …
Denisovans may have dwarfed other ancient humans
Two leg bones found on the seabed near Taiwan have been identified as Denisovans, and their size suggests these hominins stood up to 190 centimetres …
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