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A distant world with carbon in its atmosphere and extraordinarily high temperatures is unlike any other planet we've seen, and it's unclear how it could have formed
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The largest study so far into the genetics of chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis, has implicated 259 genes – six times more than those identified just four months ago
16:00 yesterday
Scientists found a way to let people perceive an intense blue-green hue unlike anything they had seen before – and the technique could help people with colour blindness
18:00, Wed 10 Dec 2025
New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread?
10:00, Wed 10 Dec 2025
For centuries, Europeans thought that eternal daylight saturated the cosmos. The shift to a dark universe has had a profound psychological impact upon us
10:00, Wed 10 Dec 2025