Dyson spheres, a type of huge megastructure designed to capture the energy output of a star, would be a sign of an alien ...

Our bodies emit a stream of low-energy photons, and now experiments in mice have revealed that this ghostly glow is cut off when we die ...

The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition and weird behaviour ...

The mathematics of graphs has helped reveal a principle that limits the strength of quantum correlations – and explains why ...

An AI leaderboard suggests the newest reasoning models used in chatbots are producing less accurate results because of higher ...

Kepler's Supernova, seen in 1604, is one of the most famous exploding stars ever seen, and now astronomers think it may have ...

Just like humans, chimps have rhythm when drumming, which suggests that the trait evolved in our common ancestor ...

With season 2 unfolding, the science of the fungal horror drama is becoming shakier. It is a pity that the creators haven’t ...

Very large hail – hailstones more than 5 centimetres in diameter – poses a growing threat to Europe as the climate warms, ...

When you think of threats from climate change, you probably envision flooding and wind from supercharged hurricanes, or unprecedented heatwaves. A survey of people in the US from late 2024 found ...