Users of the r/ChangeMyView subreddit have expressed outrage at the revelation that researchers at the University of Zurich ...

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The US government’s proposal for a vast health database to study autism could improve our understanding of the condition – ...

Early humans had almost no hope of surviving severe burns, so evolution may have prioritised the selection of genes that heal ...

Men who were embodying female avatars via virtual reality felt anger and disgust when catcalled, which could change the ...

An alternative periodic table of elements focusing on highly charged ions reveals new science that could support the quest ...

Laboratory measurements of crushed quartz suggest earthquakes generate huge volumes of hydrogen underground, a potential ...

Hackers may be able to garble the output of programs running on quantum computers, leaving other people with unknowingly ...

A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...

A black hole bomb – an idea first proposed in 1969 – has now been realised in the lab as a toy model made from a rotating ...

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...