Archaeologists have discovered a massive network of ancient fisheries in Belize constructed by hunter-gatherers some 4000 ...

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Kazuo Ishiguro’s heartbreaking dystopian novel of young love and organ donation has been superbly adapted for the stage ...

A rock that formed around 4.5 billion years ago on Mars before being blasted into space by a meteor strike and making its way to Earth contains telltale evidence that it was formed in the presence of ...

When deciding whether to let people await trial at home or in jail, US judges can use a risk score algorithm. But it often makes harsher recommendations than humans do ...

New technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are growing in scale –though their effect on the climate remains negligible ...

Chloramine is used as a disinfectant in drinking water systems from the US to Australia. Research now shows it breaks down ...

In the first hearing test of live baleen whales, the animals detected much higher frequency sounds than expected, forcing ...

Spaghetti strands that are 200 times thinner than a human hair could be woven into bandages to help prevent infections ...

Groups of wild chimpanzees with more complex tool-using behaviours tend to be genetically linked, providing evidence for ...

These fiery images are the clearest views we have ever had of the sun, taken by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. Solar Orbiter, ...