Users of the r/ChangeMyView subreddit have expressed outrage at the revelation that researchers at the University of Zurich ...

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The US government’s proposal for a vast health database to study autism could improve our understanding of the condition – ...

An open-air site in Austria occupied by humans during the coldest part of the last glacial period may have been dedicated to hunting reindeer for pelts, showing how people adapted to extreme ...

Early humans had almost no hope of surviving severe burns, so evolution may have prioritised the selection of genes that heal ...

An alternative periodic table of elements focusing on highly charged ions reveals new science that could support the quest ...

Men who were embodying female avatars via virtual reality felt anger and disgust when catcalled, which could change the ...

Laboratory measurements of crushed quartz suggest earthquakes generate huge volumes of hydrogen underground, a potential ...

Mounting evidence suggests there might be two separate types of the world’s fastest-growing neurological condition. Can this ...

A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...

Hackers may be able to garble the output of programs running on quantum computers, leaving other people with unknowingly ...