Just like humans, chimps have rhythm when drumming, which suggests that the trait evolved in our common ancestor ​Just like humans, chimps have rhythm when drumming, which suggests that the trait evolved in our common ancestor Just like humans, chimps have rhythm when drumming, which suggests that the trait evolved in our common ancestor 

Our bodies emit a stream of low-energy photons, and now experiments in mice have revealed that this ghostly glow is cut off when we die ​Our bodies emit a stream of low-energy photons, and now experiments in mice have revealed that this ghostly glow is cut off when we die Our bodies emit a stream of …

All living things emit an eerie glow that is snuffed out upon death Read More »

Very large hail – hailstones more than 5 centimetres in diameter – poses a growing threat to Europe as the climate warms, with increasing risk of expensive damage to cars and property ​Very large hail – hailstones more than 5 centimetres in diameter – poses a growing threat to Europe as the climate warms, with increasing risk …

Europe increasingly vulnerable to hailstones the size of golfballs Read More »

Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on 9 or 10 May ​Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on 9 or 10 …

Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don’t know where Read More »

Simulations suggest that an extraordinary jump in temperatures seen in 2023 and 2024 could simply be natural variability, rather than a new phase of climate change as some researchers have suggested ​Simulations suggest that an extraordinary jump in temperatures seen in 2023 and 2024 could simply be natural variability, rather than a new phase of …

Record heat in 2023 and 2024 may just have been natural variability Read More »

Chemists funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation have developed a new process to synthesize a plant-based compound that shows effectiveness against triple-negative breast cancer cells. According to the American Cancer Society, triple-negative… ​Chemists funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation have developed a new process to synthesize a plant-based compound that shows effectiveness against …

Lab-synthesized botanical compound shows promise for fighting aggressive breast cancer Read More »

A powerful enough quantum computer could crack the encryption methods currently used to protect data around the world, but the solution might be a quantum algorithm once thought to be completely useless ​A powerful enough quantum computer could crack the encryption methods currently used to protect data around the world, but the solution might be …

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Groundwater extraction, plate tectonics and consequences of the last glacial period mean that most of the US’s biggest cities are sinking ​Groundwater extraction, plate tectonics and consequences of the last glacial period mean that most of the US’s biggest cities are sinking Groundwater extraction, plate tectonics and consequences of the last glacial period mean that most …

Major US cities like New York and Seattle are sinking at a rapid rate Read More »

When huge scientific discoveries are made, you may hear that they are “statistically significant” or pass a threshold called “5 sigma” – but those calculations can be manipulated to make claims seem grander than they are, finds Jacob Aron ​When huge scientific discoveries are made, you may hear that they are “statistically significant” or pass …

The maths that tells us when a scientific discovery is real – or not Read More »