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The “superpowers” of hibernating animals are also present in human DNA, according to a…

Marine animals living in the cold, dark depths of the ocean are interconnected across the…

Venting when angry seems sensible. Conventional wisdom suggests expressing anger can help us quell it, like releasing steam from a pressure cooker.

But this common metaphor is misleading, according to a meta-analytic review from 2024….

A first-of-its-kind study estimates that lightning strikes kill 320 million trees every year.

For perspective, these dead trees account for up to 2.9 percent of annual loss in plant biomass and emit up to 1.09 billion tons of carbon…

More of us than ever are taking statins. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) reported in October 2024 that around 5.3 million people in England had taken statins or the cholesterol-lowering medication ezetimibe in the…

Craving a glass of wine with your dinner? The dietary habits of our ape ancestors may be to…

Now, three mathematicians have finally provided such a result. Their work not only represents a major advance in Hilbert’s program, but also taps into questions about the irreversible nature of time.

“It’s a beautiful work,” said Gregory…

Researchers have linked spending more time playing video games with a boost in intelligence in children, which goes some way to contradicting the narrative that gaming is bad for young minds.

While the difference in cognitive abilities was a…

In the cold darkness deep beneath the waves of the Arctic Ocean, a hidden barrier appears to separate the haves from the have-nots.

There, in the midnight zone more than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) below the surface, the gossamer jellyfish of…