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Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has…

The hills of South Moravia have yielded thousands of Stone Age artifacts over decades of excavation, most of them anonymous fragments of a distant past. But a cluster of 29 stones found in 2021 at the Milovice IV site presents archaeologists…

Humanoid robots have taken part in the world’s first fully autonomous martial arts performance to mark the Lunar New Year. In new footage from the 2026 Spring Festival Gala in Beijing, Unitree Robotics’ G1 and H2 machines can be seen…

Tiny air pollution particles may be doing more than irritating our lungs. A new study links long-term exposure to PM_2.5 to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting these particles could be affecting the brain more directly than…

A night or two of poor sleep can do more than cause tiredness — it may also mess with stem cells in the gut, making the organ susceptible to inflammatory disorders, a mouse study finds.

The new research revealed that sleep deprivation disrupts…

How climate change made deadly floods in Spain even worse

Humanity’s plans for deep-space exploration hinge on the ability to use basic resources, such as water, to propel rockets to farther destinations in the solar system. Despite decades of experimentation, engineers are yet to…

Our oldest known vertebrate ancestors had four eyes to spot predators — and, my goodness, they were cute.

Rare fossils from China have revealed that the earliest recorded creatures with spines — jawless fish from half a billion years ago —…

Snakes would do great on Survivor. These animals can last weeks — even months — without food. A couple of recently discovered genetic changes may help.

Certain snakes and some other reptiles lack the gene encoding ghrelin,…