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Scientists using the ALMA telescope have created the most-detailed-ever map of the Milky Way's chaotic center. The observations could open a window to the ancient universe as it appeared shortly after the Big Bang.

A sweeping new analysis of the evidence suggests that exercise therapy - long promoted as a first-line treatment for osteoarthritis - may offer only small and short-lived relief, and in some cases might be no better than...

A neurological trade-off. New research finds currently smoking is linked to lower Parkinson's risk, but quitting remains the only way to lower your overall risk of death.

Stop the fear before it lingers. Scientists identify a specific neural switch that can be "turned on" to help the brain unlearn fear and trauma faster than ever.

Its not you, its your rhythms. Scientists discover that your brain "flickers" its attention up to 10 times a second-an evolutionary trait that now makes modern focus a struggle.

Despite historical records saying otherwise, Roman babies were mourned at death, research into unique plaster burials from York reveals.

Its not just the neurons. Scientists discover that Rett syndrome causes the brains "plumbing" to leak, disrupting the blood-brain barrier and hijacking neural activity.

Lost in translation. Scientists discover that thinking in a second language can dull your creative edge because your native tongue provides "higher-definition" mental images.

Its not just a respiratory virus. Scientists find that COVID-19-unlike the flu-causes persistent brain inflammation and vascular injury that explains Long COVID "brain fog."

Kazakhstan planted 37,000 seedlings and cuttings in South Balkhash last year to prepare for the return of its tigers, which disappeared more than 70 years ago.

AI has outgrown its old tests. Scientists introduce "Humanitys Last Exam"-a challenge so difficult that the world's best AI models are scoring in the single digits.

The environmental impact of SpaceX's planned gargantuan mega-constellation is still being grappled with, but the FCC isnt required to study it

NASA crew members practise emergency rescue drills in a 40-foot-deep pool simulating the lunar surface, as part of tests on a new generation of spacesuit, the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit

Post-apocalyptic bunker sci-fi is huge this year as TV front-runners Fallout, Paradise and Silo return. Bethan Ackerley asks whether this is a signal weve given up on our real world, or if there is hidden hope

Feedback is excited to learn that University of Maryland researchers are measuring farts in a bid to build a Human Flatus Atlas, a project that seems destined for an Ig Nobel

From ice ages to asteroid strikes, an epic book shows how important it has been for humans to look outwards. Alex Wilkins surveys a climate historian's cosmic sweep

Many of us obsess over how much sleep we get each night, and the dangers to our health of not getting enough, but really, there is another way

Small AI, big discoveries. Scientists shrink vision models by 1,000x to finally understand how the primate brain sees-and find neurons that specialize in dots.

Leiden physicists Daniela Kraft and Julio Melio have created soft structures that can take on different shapes without any external drive in their lab. They present their research on microscale metamaterials in Nature-a ...

The secret to a 20-year-olds memory in an 80-year-olds body. Scientists discover that superagers have "neuronally fertile" brains that never stop growing.

Quantum technologies are anticipated to transform computing, communication, and sensing by harnessing the unusual behavior of matter at the atomic scale. Translating quantum's promise into practical devices will requ...

The alvarezsaurs were thought to have evolved a smaller stature because of their diet of ants and termites, but a new fossil found in Argentina casts doubt on that theory