Cattle used for cuddling therapy may prefer women over men

Frozen human brain tissue can now be revived without damage

Ancient viruses embedded in human DNA millions of years ago may play a role in raising people’s risks of depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Proof of geometric Langlands conjecture so complex almost no one can explain it

500-year-old maths problem turns out to apply to coffee and clocks

Asteroid that broke up over Berlin was fastest-spinning one ever seen

Ancient humans lived inside a lava tube in the Arabian desert

A nuclear fusion reaction has overcome two key barriers to operating in a “sweet spot” needed for optimal power production: boosting the plasma density and keeping that denser plasma contained

Single atoms captured morphing into quantum waves in startling image

First working graphene semiconductor could lead to faster computers

A bacterium has evolved into an organelle that provides nitrogen inside algae, an event so rare that there are only three other known cases

Intel reveals world's biggest 'brain-inspired' neuromorphic computer intended to mimic the way the brain processes and stores data

AI chatbots beat humans at persuading their opponents in debates

We live in a cosmic void so empty that it breaks the laws of cosmology

Some monkeys in Panama may have just stumbled into the Stone Age (2018)

2023 Turing award: Avi Wigderson wins computer science prize for his work on understanding how randomness can shape and improve computer algorithms

Food costs more because of climate change - and it will get worse

CRISPR could disable and cure HIV, suggests promising lab experiment

Physicists have spotted particles that behave like gravitons, which could help unite the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics

Google and xPrize launch $5M prize to find actual uses for quantum computers

Rice containing beef cells could make a sustainable meal

Salmon farms are increasingly being hit by mass die-offs

Study: Blue eyes may be better for reading in dim light than brown eyes

Resurrecting loved ones as AI 'ghosts' could harm your mental health

Thousands of humpback whales starved to death after marine heatwave

Armies of bots battled on Twitter over Chinese spy balloon incident

The existence of a new kind of magnet has been confirmed

Analysis of Bach's information-dense music

AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames

Chemical cocktail could restore sight by regenerating optic nerves

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