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Quantum computers could protect our data from quantum c...

A powerful enough quantum computer could crack the encryption methods currently ...

Chronic pain could be eased by learning to regulate neg...

An adaptation of cognitive behavioural therapy that focuses on mindfulness and t...

What 7 fiendishly hard puzzles tell us about the nature...

25 years ago, a $1 million reward was promised to anyone who could solve one of ...

Nothing is stronger than quantum connections – and now ...

The mathematics of graphs has helped reveal a principle that limits the strength...

Why physicists keep trying to get rid of space-time ent...

Physicists are trying to ditch the concept of space-time – the supposed fabric o...

A clean energy source may be lurking beneath mountain r...

As the search for geologic hydrogen - a potential clean source of energy beneath...

Concerns raised over AI trained on 57 million NHS medic...

The makers of an AI model called Foresight say it could help predict disease or ...

England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edited pla...

A UK parliamentary committee has greenlit gene-edited plants. This is great news...

The birds upending our idea of shared parenting

Superb starlings appear to swap between parent and ‘nanny’ roles to help raise c...

Strange microbes give clues to the ancestor of all comp...

The origin of complex eukaryotic cells, of the type found in all plants and anim...

Would snails be better than whales for explaining big d...

Feedback's proposal that the genome of the blue whale could be used to communica...

Science is a Pandora's box – but we should open it anyway

We are often warned of the consequences of knowing too much, but even when scien...

What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re start...

The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how...

These photos reveal the unique agricultural system of t...

Combining sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation, the...

What if we could experience life as another species?

In this latest instalment of our speculative column Future Chronicles, an imagin...

An expert's new book unravels the amazing secrets of th...

Kevin Tracey's authoritative look at the vagus nerve and its healing potential i...

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