European cities face millions more deaths from extreme temperatures
In Europe as a whole, the increase in deaths from hot weather over the next century will outweigh the decline…
Lab-grown chicken could be made chewier using artificial capillaries
Scientists have used an artificial circulatory system to create lab-grown chicken, which may improve its texture
Just one dose of psilocybin seems to be enough to rewire the brain
Psilocybin appears to alter brain networks linked to repetitive negative thoughts, which may explain how the drug helps to treat…
A distant supernova defies our understanding of the cosmos’s expansion
The two main methods of measuring the expansion of the universe have always disagreed, and observations of a supernova found…
Racing drivers blink at the same points when going round a track
Synchronised blinking may reflect a certain cognitive state that professional racers have when controlling a fast-moving car
Largest known solar storm struck Earth 14,300 years ago
By comparing the rings of 140 trees buried in the bank of a French river, researchers estimate that the largest…
ChatGPT gets better marks than students in some university courses
ChatGPT's responses to questions that were put to university students were as good as or better than the human answers…
Europa may have less oxygen to fuel life in its seas than we thought
The ocean on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is one of the best places we have found to search for alien…
Humans first reached China thousands of years earlier than we thought
A fresh look at an archaeological site in northern China that was excavated in the 1960s has confirmed Homo sapiens…
Ancient snake drawings are among the largest known rock art worldwide
Rock art along the Orinoco river in South America is made up of some of the largest etchings we know…