The largest volcanoes on Mars have frosted tips during winter
We know that there is ice at the Martian poles and underground, but until now it wasn't clear it could…
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Quantum internet draws near thanks to entangled memory breakthroughs
Researchers aiming to create a secure quantum version of the internet need a device called a quantum repeater, which doesn't…
Newfound moon around asteroid Dinkinesh is actually two touching rocks
When NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew past the asteroid Dinkinesh, it found an unexpected satellite – but further images revealed that…
The 2023 discoveries that made us rethink the story of human evolution
In 2023, archaeologists found evidence of architecture and art beginning earlier than we thought, and uncovered data that rewrites our…
Brain implant could ease the effects of a traumatic injury years later
A device that was implanted into the brains of people with traumatic brain injuries substantially improved their cognitive function a…
Watch a weird robot wiggle and flap like a seal moving on land
A four-legged robot has been designed to imitate the bouncing and lunging motion of a seal on land, but struggles…
Neanderthals had a ‘fat factory’ where they processed bones for grease
An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat…
Mystery of the potato’s origins solved by genetics
Around 8 million years ago, an ancestor of modern tomatoes in South America hydridised with a plant called Etuberosum, and…
People who had severe covid-19 show cognitive decline years later
An analysis of people who were hospitalised with covid-19 in the first wave of the pandemic has revealed that the…
We finally know why live music makes us so emotional
Hearing live music tugs at our heartstrings more than a recording, probably because it increases activity in an emotion-processing region…