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“It’s All Just In Your Head”: How Perimenopause Is Becoming Wellness Culture’s Cash Cow

Light beam 'swims' upstream through a quantum fluid by violating Newton's third law

New ‘fire amoeba’ breaks heat survival record

Adorable image of chick shielding its siblings among winners of Bird Photographer of the Year 2026

This Skeleton May Prove That Imperial China Really Did Cut Off Noses as Punishment

Millions of parents are taking GLP-1s. How should they talk to their kids about it?

Nebula image wins Royal Observatory competition

Human brain is two separate organs, research finds

New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say

Humpback whale seen grieving dead calf in rare footage: "Heartbreaking to watch"

Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years

Scientists Studied 185,896 Miles of Roman Roads—and That’s Still the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’

Definium's LSD-based anxiety, depression drug scores another trial win

Should we still admire Stephen Hawking?

Ukraine Uses F-16s to Down Jet Drones

Any type of reading is the most marvellous medicine, say scientists

Scientists searching for dark matter spot a signal that defies explanation

Physicists Just Turned The Entire Planet Into a Dark Matter Detector

Scientists discover a strange new form of ice that could help explain the interiors of Neptune and Uranus

Closed-loop auditory stimulation in phase with slow waves during sleep enhances cerebrospinal fluid flow in humans

A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived

Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds

Record-breaking rain in California was caused by abnormally high temperatures on the other side of the world, study finds

The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem

Mathematicians want proof OpenAI didn’t use their work

Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth

August Just Set a Global Heat and Humidity Record—and It Wasn’t Close

Two dire warnings, one from Terence Tao, the other from someone who just quit Anthropic

Fossil remains unearthed in China offer new clues about how Denisovans lived

A study links prenatal acetaminophen with reproductive changes in girls. Doctors say it remains safe to use when needed

OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’

AI is unlocking a new ‘golden age’ in medicine, with personalized treatments to cure cancer and potential to save billions of lives

Laughter could be best medicine for lung disease patients

AI Just Solved a 350-Year-Old Math Problem By Writing the Longest Proof Ever

Genetically modified pig kidney keeps man alive for record nine months

Why doesn't Venus have a moon? A new study may have the answer

Quantum Physicist Takes Aim at the Universe's Mysterious Arrow of Time

Psilocybin May Prevent Nerve Damage Caused by Chemotherapy, Study Finds

Sorry, this neutrino laser won't work, physicists say

A Giant Hexagon Has Been Spinning at Saturn’s North Pole for Decades. Now, Scientists Found Its Twin

A newly found star circles the Milky Way's central black hole every 8.7 years and passes it at about 25,000 kilometres a second, more than 8 percent of the speed of light, and the pass is so close that its discoverers say there is a fair chance of measuri

UK summer was hottest on record, Met Office says, after severe heat, drought

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone

UN warns global temps will breach 1.5 °C within years, mapping a risky road back below danger.

August research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

Headlines on a Climate Deadline: International media falters in linking Nepal flood to climate crisis

Scientists Hunting Dark Matter Found Something Strange

An unexpected signal reported on Sept 1 may be the first direct hint of dark matter, sparking worldwide scientific scrutiny.

Statins can reduce dementia risk by up to 15%, long-term study suggests

The anti-aging effects of exercise, without exercise: Self-contracting muscle implants give mice a boost

Shell shock! 130,000 killer octopuses unleashed to fight crab invasion

One Surprising 20-Minute Fix Can Boost Your Memory in Cases of Extreme Sleep Deprivation

Astronomers Think They’ve Found the Best Evidence for Dark Matter Yet

Scientists Reverse Alzheimer's Damage in Mice With Just Two Injections

A nosy polar bear and a lucky squirrel: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlist

A nosy polar bear and a lucky squirrel spark global buzz as the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlist is revealed.

Shingles vaccine linked to 24% lower dementia risk

Earth’s oceans just broke a heat record. The implications will be massive

‘Cookies’ made from plastic may be on the menu for future astronauts

Indonesian police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires

Lab-grown brain models gain a sense of place

New brain cell formation stalls in adults with depression, study shows

Channel 4 faces backlash over ‘most controversial show of the year’