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New Embryo Editing Technique Takes Us a Step Closer to Designing Babies Without Disease

Gene-editing human embryos may now be a reality.

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TikTok’s New Favourite Body Wash & Shower Oil Duo Is Just $34

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Was there a hidden river under the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt: New evidence rewrites history

It is easy to picture the Great Pyramid of Giza standing isolated against sand and heat, as if it had always belonged to a desert that never changed. That image has shaped how the monument is discussed for centuries, especially the question of how such heavy stone blocks ever reached…

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In 2024, scientists studied a 52,000-year-old mammoth, and found something ancient DNA was never expected to keep

A remarkably preserved Siberian woolly mammoth, dating back 52,000 years, has yielded an astonishing discovery: fossilized chromosomes. This unprecedented find, made possible by natural freeze-drying, reveals the ancient genome's three-dimensional structure, offering a groundbreaking glimpse into gene organization previously thought impossible to retrieve from such ancient samples.

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The Best Nature Photos From The 2025 Chromatic Awards Show Just How Powerful Color In Nature Can Be (54 Pics)

Some photography competitions celebrate composition, timing, and technical control. The Chromatic Awards, however, place one especially powerful element at the center of it all: color. Dedicated entirely to color photography, the international contest invites both professional and amateur photographers from around the world to submit work across 20 categories, giving…

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How Prince William turned 'Earthshot' into a hopeful search for ideas that can repair the planet

Prince William's Earthshot Prize shifts the climate narrative from urgency and bad news to solutions. Inspired by the Moonshot program, it identifies and rewards innovations aimed at restoring nature, cleaning air, reviving oceans, reducing waste, and tackling climate change. This focus on achievable goals and positive change offers a hopeful…

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Scientists found ancient logs locked together, and it changed the story of early humans

In Zambia, ancient interlocked logs, dating back 476,000 years, have been unearthed, predating Homo sapiens. This remarkable discovery at Kalambo Falls, preserved by waterlogged soil, reveals sophisticated woodworking and construction skills in early hominins. The find challenges previous assumptions about prehistoric capabilities, suggesting advanced planning and material knowledge existed far…

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Online hate speech: Who faces the most online toxicity in Europe?

Toxic online messages remain widespread in Europe, targeting people based on their politics, race and identity. Which EU countries face the highest levels of hostile content?

Euronews

A riverside skeleton changed what researchers thought they knew about how the first Americans were

The controversial Kennewick Man skeleton, initially thought to be from a separate migration due to skull morphology, was genetically linked to modern Native Americans. Ancient DNA analysis revealed strong ties to Pacific Northwest tribes, overturning earlier assumptions and highlighting the importance of genetic evidence over physical traits in determining ancestry.

The Economic Times

Why Flamingos Stand on One Leg: Hidden Truth

Flamingos look almost unreal when you see them standing still in water. Bright pink feathers. Long curved neck. And that strange habit of balancing perfectly on one leg for minutes or even hours. For years, this posture looked like a mystery with no clear explanation. Was it comfort? Balance? Or…

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This dinosaur had a neck 40% shorter than its giant relatives, defying one of nature's biggest Jurassic rules

Paleontologists discovered Brachytrachelopan mesai, a sauropod dinosaur with a surprisingly short neck. This creature challenged the long-held belief that sauropods needed long necks to survive. Brachytrachelopan likely ate low-lying plants, carving out its own space in the ecosystem. Its existence shows evolution is opportunistic, not always following a straight path.

The Economic Times

A hidden city grid is emerging beneath tropical forests as laser scans expose roads, terraces, and ancient platforms

Dense jungles conceal ancient cities. LiDAR, an airborne laser mapping technique, now unveils these hidden urban layouts. It penetrates foliage to reveal roads, platforms, and settlements. This technology allows for rapid surveying of vast areas without environmental disruption. It shows ancient tropical civilizations were larger and more connected than previously…

The Economic Times

How a Scientific Cartel Protects Fraudsters and Rakes in Billions of Taxpayer Dollars

Corrupt scientists rarely face accountability. The real victims are everyone else.

Reason

TikTok’s algorithm favored Republican content in 2024 US elections, study finds

For You pages prioritized pro-Republican content in three states, researchers say, but TikTok says study does not reflect real user behavior

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Study reveals biological traces inside a T. rex bone fracture after millions of years

Palaeontologists have achieved a remarkable feat by using advanced X-ray technology to examine a 66-million-year-old injury on ‘Scotty,’ the largest known Tyrannosaurus rex. They scanned one of Scotty's broken ribs with synchrotron micro-computed tomography. As a result, researchers discovered mineralised structures that look like tiny, branching networks, which are the…

The Times of India

7,000-year-old DNA in Morocco reveals origins of North African farming

The Neolithic Revolution has sparked debate for years: Did it arise from local developments or through large-scale migration? Recent research in paleogenomics, published in Nature, sheds light on this. Scientists examined DNA from Moroccan sites like Kaf Taht el-Ghar, which dates back over 7,400 years. The findings show that agriculture…

Evening Standard

How the Darwin of the forest hopes to save our planet from climate chaos

Ecologist Suzanne Simard has changed the way we think about trees forever, writes Lucy Siegle

The Times of India

New DNA study reveals surprising link between South America’s first people and Australasia

The fulfilment of South America increases the last large human migration in history and took place after other continents were occupied at least 10,000 years apart, thus making it the final major landmass to be colonised; the new study published in Nature redefines what we know about that colonisation process,…

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The Conversation

Table tennis robot defeats some of world’s best players – why this has major implications for robotics

A table tennis robot has outperformed elite players in recent evaluations. The robot, called Ace, marks a significant step toward artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can operate in fast, uncertain, real-world environments.

The Conversation

Scientists have found a safer way to hunt for the next pandemic virus

The world is full of animal viruses, and we’re pretty sure that one of them will cause the next pandemic. To prevent pandemics, we need to predict which of the vast number of animal viruses are most likely to infect humans. A new study, published in Nature, sets out an…

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From lanterns to the grid: How India is finding ways to see and work after dusk

In the 1950s, Hindi writer Phanishwar Nath Renu wrote a short story called Panchlight – named for the petromax lamp, a corruption of “Petromax light” that had worked its way into the rural vernacular. The story describes a village’s encounter with this object: a source of light but also a…

Euronews

Meet ACE: The AI robot can beat human table tennis pros

A new robot developed by Sony can now take on top table tennis players, highlighting how quickly artificial intelligence is advancing into complex human skills.

The Independent UK

A robot is beating human pros at table tennis. Its maker calls it a milestone for machines

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study in the journal Nature that shows how advances in artificial intelligence are making robots more agile

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Ruth Francis obituary

Other lives: Communications head for scientific publishers who also chaired her industry body

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My unsung hero of science: Buckminster Fuller, the architect who wanted to redesign the world (and inspired a nanosized one)

On November 14 1985, a letter announcing the discovery of a superstable species of carbon appeared in the science journal Nature. Even the letter’s title, C₆₀: Buckminsterfullerene, caused a stir among the journal’s scholarly readers.

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