Why your sense of touch is one of the world's...
Scientifically speaking, there is no such thing as ‘touching’ something. When objects with mass – any objects with mass – touch each other, they aren’t physically in contact at all....
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New issue: What really causes autism?
Tree-top time machines Scientists are preparing to pump thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the Amazon rainforest to answer one of climate change’s biggest mysteries. Will the extra CO2...
How to actually become more attractive, according to science
The looksmaxxing community can get extreme. In their quest towards attractiveness, these manosphere adjacent influencers may recommend anything from pushing your tongue to the roof of your mouth (called ‘mewing’)...
There's no such thing as a shark, suggest scientists
We may need to rethink what ‘sharks’ are, thanks to a new study from Yale University. Evolutionary biologists compared the DNA of different sharks to one another, and also to...
6 ‘healthy’ foods you may not realise are ultra-processed
Some pre-packaged foods, such as pasta and rice, are staples that many of us eat as part of a balanced diet. Others, such as crisps and sugary snacks, are clearly...
We’re closer than ever to bringing back life from cryogenic...
Long-term cryosleep and reawakening may no longer be completely in the realm of science fiction thanks to the results of a new study published in the journal PNAS. Researchers from...
5 seriously strange ways wildlife is changing inside Chernobyl
I first visited Chernobyl in 2016, 30 years after the explosion at Reactor Four. I expected silence and scarcity – a lifeless place, defined by radiation. Instead, I found beavers...
Why it's harder to shed weight as you get older...
It’s weird, isn’t it? How, as the years seem to fall away, the numbers on the scales seemingly don’t. Sure, you’ve heard that your metabolism slows down with age, but...
'Our product is used, on occassion, to kill people': Inside...
Its technology has been used in wars and in hospitals, its services have helped with killings and life-saving treatments, and its bosses are – according to who you ask –...
