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Scientists have discovered ancient bacteria trapped in ice that could help us understand antibiotic resistance – or make the problem worse. That’s according to a study that was recently published...
For many people around the world, Shrove Tuesday – the traditional feast day marking the day before the Christian period of Lent – is now associated almost exclusively with one...
In the 1980 film Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo and friends try to escape pursuing imperial forces by flying through an asteroid field. Droid C-3PO remarks, “the odds of...
First, the good news: snakes rarely eat humans. But it does happen and Indonesia seems to be a particular hotspot for it. Over the past decade, several people in the...
High altitudes could compel red blood cells to act as ‘glucose sponges’, helping to keep blood sugar levels in check, a new study has found. The team hope the discovery...
Palaeontologists have discovered a colossal new species of dinosaur in a remote part of the Sahara. Named Spinosaurus mirabilis – meaning ‘astonishing’ Spinosaurus in Latin – the giant lived in...
Archaeologists excavating a training dig near Cambridge have uncovered a grisly burial pit that may offer rare insight into violence and punishment during the turbulent Viking Age in England. Excavated...
For more than a century, giant patterns and pictures sketched into the plains south of Lima, Peru, have mystified archaeologists. Named for their makers, the Nazca people who lived between...
Dolphins have been observed, on various occasions, holding pufferfish in their mouths. The terrified fish soon inflate with seawater until they look like a spiky tennis ball, which the dolphins...
You could get compensated for what you’ve posted online – as long as it’s been used to train AI. At least that’s according to Dr Margaret Mitchel, chief ethics scientist...
