Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

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Many species of fungus across the world produce psilocybin, a chemical with psychedelic effects in humans, but its ...

Two extremely damaging crop pests have interbred to create hybrids resistant to more than one pesticide that could cause ...

The company’s mega-constellation is having to perform a huge number of manoeuvres to prevent a collision in Earth orbit ...

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

A drug that kills cancer cells by puncturing them comes with an additional benefit: tests in mice suggest it reduces the growth of pain-sensing nerves around tumours ...

Your chronological age can’t always tell you the state of your health, which is why biological clocks have been developed to show our risk of developing diseases or dying – but they’re not all they ...

An “epigenetic” adaptation could prevent large numbers of loggerhead turtles from hatching as female due to climate change – ...

Two nonchalant physicists, one with a wry smile, are monitoring some of the most advanced quantum technology in the UK, an ultra-stable laser at the National Physical Laboratory in London. This ...

The anus is a wildly successful innovation, but how did it evolve? A genetic analysis suggests it probably began as an opening used to release sperm that later fused with the gut – an example of ...