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If building a super-secure, super-smart ‘quantum internet’ is ever going to be possible, then quantum-entangled photons are likely to be essential in building it – and scientists just figured out…
The world is only just getting used to the power and sophistication of virtual assistants made by companies like Amazon and Google, which can decode our spoken speech with eerie…
If we humans want to go live on the Moon – which we are planning to do – we’re going to have to have something to actually live in. Small…
After reports of two dogs testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong, the most recent news to cause alarm among animal owners is that of a cat in Belgium with…
Plastics are a growing problem for our environment, in part because they are so difficult to recycle. Now scientists have identified a microbe that might be able to help break…
It’s fair to say that the world has had more than enough of viruses right now. Unfortunately, the converse is not necessarily true. The incredible vastness of the virosphere is…
Neanderthals were apparently much more partial to seafood than previously thought: new research shows that Neanderthal communities living in Portugal during the last ice age were just as keen on…
Mars. Water. You’d never find two more unlikely companions, even in a buddy cop movie. But once upon a time, the dry, red dustbowl of Mars was lush and soggy.…
In the far reaches of the Universe, astronomers have managed to capture a rare interaction. As a supermassive black hole ravenously slurps down matter around it, it’s sending out jets…
As people try to maintain social engagement during self-isolation, citizen science offers a unique opportunity. Defined as “public participation and collaboration in scientific research”, citizen science allows everyday people to…
Around a quarter of a billion years ago, the vast majority of species on land and sea were wiped out in The Great Dying, thanks to a series of volcanic…
Just like in humans, males across many mammal species don’t live as long as their female counterparts, and it’s not because they age differently, biologically speaking. “We’ve known for a…
In 2015, astronomers found something weird. It was a white dwarf star, 570 light-years from Earth, with a peculiar dimming pattern. It dimmed several times to varying depths, each depth…
It’s not hard to feel a connection between musicians, the music being played, and the audience at any gig or concert that you go to, but new research suggests this…
Despite humanity’s current struggle against the novel coronavirus, and despite it taking up most of our attention, other threats still exist. The very real threat of a possible asteroid strike…
Along the banks of a river of human epithelial cells, flowing across your tongue, many communities of bacteria have made their homes. Just as human cities organise into areas with…