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2023 is proving to be a year of climate and weather extremes. Record-busting global air and ocean temperatures, unprecedented low levels of Antarctic sea ice, and devastating fires and floods have been reported across the world.

Torrential downpours sent muddy water racing through streets in Libya, Greece, Spain and Hong Kong in early September 2023, with thousands of deaths in the city of Derna, Libya. Zagora, Greece, saw a record 30 inches of rain, the equivalent of a year and a half of rain falling in…

A recently conducted survey by the journal Nature has shown that researchers are leaving the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter)

Naked mole rats' longevity and resistance to age-related diseases is due to a gene that produces high molecular weight hyaluronic acid (HMW-HA). Researchers at the University of Rochester transferred this gene to mice, leading to a 4.4% increase in median lifespan and improved health. The study was published in Nature.

It marks the first time speech and facial expressions have been captured from brain signals and communicated by an avatar that speaks with the patient’s own voice, researchers say.

A computer read her brain signals and turned them into a talking avatar. 

New study published in Nature says period was as destructive as record 2016 El Niño drought and heatwave

More than 20 years ago, the human genome was first sequenced. While the first version was full of “holes” representing missing DNA sequences, the genome has been gradually improved in successive rounds. Each has increased the quality of the genome and, in so doing, resolved most of the blank spaces…

One of the smallest chromosomes in humans, the male sex chromosome is the final one to be fully sequenced.