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Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat eaters. Based on chemical analysis of Neanderthal remains, it seemed like they’d been feasting on as much meat as apex predators such as lions and hyenas.

But as a group, hominins –…

Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat eaters. Based on chemical analysis…

A team of astronomers from the University of Montreal has discovered a new potentially habitable exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star L 98-59, 35 light-years from Earth. This discovery means there are now five confirmed planets in this solar…

A 4,000-year-old handprint has been discovered on a clay model intended for an Egyptian tomb,…

Llamas – likely without red pajamas – may hold the key to treating schizophrenia.

The…

Browse the Internet or supermarket shelves, and it seems there are a growing number of products for restoring thinning locks.

Hairfluencers abound, touting serums, sprays, oils and foams that contain a baffling array of ingredients, such as…

“We mostly believe that all the conjectures are true, but it’s so exciting to see it actually realized,” said Ana Caraiani, a mathematician at Imperial College London. “And in a case that you really thought was going to be out of…

A microscopic discovery in a Californian lake ignited significant scientific debate over a…

In February 2025, scientists at the University of Chicago moved the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight. The clock is a metaphor for humanity’s risk of extinction and this is the closest it has ever been to ‘boom-time’.

But given the state…

For decades, archaeologists have been digging up enigmatic hominin fossils across East and Southeast Asia. They clearly didn’t belong to our own species, Homo sapiens, nor did they fit neatly into the other well-established species from that…