Martin Rees: Why challenge prizes can solve our most pressing issues
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Tiny great ape fossils identified as new species from Europe
Two teeth, viewed from multiple angles, from the newly identified ancient ape Buronius manfredschmidi Böhme et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 A tiny, vegetarian
Origins of modern horses traced to breeding revolution 4200 years ago
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Morning exercise may be optimal for improving bone health
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Wormholes could blast out blazing hot plasma at incredible speeds
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These scientific rules of connection can supercharge your social life
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Tamiflu seems to relieve noise-induced hearing loss in mice
Mice that were given a high dose of the antiviral drug oseltamivir phosphate, better known as Tamiflu, after prolonged and excessive noise exposure showed fewer
Food, sex, drugs and more – are we addicted to addiction?
OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images What links sex, drugs and sausage rolls? Depending on who you ask, all of them can be addictive to the point of
Quantum to cosmos: Why scale is vital to our understanding of reality
It can be hard to wrap our minds round the very large and the very small. Ron Koeberer/Millennium Images, UK Imagine setting off on a