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They are known as Active Galactic Nuclei (aka. quasars), the core regions of galaxies that are so bright that they temporarily outshine all the stars in the galactic disk combined. This is the result of the Supermassive Black Holes…

For more than a century, a corroded bronze machine from ancient Greece called the Antikythera Mechanism has stood as evidence that complex mechanical thinking arrived far earlier than expected.

New analysis now suggests that this celebrated device…

Beneath Greenland’s vast ice sheets, an unexpected layer of sediment may be the driving force behind how quickly the island’s glaciers melt into the ocean.

This discovery is crucial to climatologists because it determines how fast sea levels…

Scientists have confirmed in the largest study of its kind that bacteria, not fungi, are the major culprit in auto-brewery syndrome, a rare medical condition where people become intoxicated after eating, despite not consuming any…

On sheer rock walls in West Africa, a small, unassuming plant carries a genetic trait that does not belong in its family, disobeying the usual rules of inheritance. 

This discovery challenges long-held assumptions about how plants change, adapt,…

CRISPR kick-started a golden age of genetic research — but in nature, there are hundreds of similar systems with unexplored potential for gene editing. Now, scientists have made huge strides in explaining how an enigmatic system called SPARDA…

On one side of Dr Ben Galton-Fenzi’s view across the vast Totten ice shelf, the sun sat low on the Antarctic horizon. On the other, a full moon.

The ice shelf is “flat and white”, says Galton-Fenzi. “If there’s cloud around, you lose the…

The night sky may no longer belong entirely to the darkness if a new space project moves ahead as planned. The vision of the developers is to use sky mirrors to reflect sunlight onto Earth after dusk falls

The idea promises extra light for cities…