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The US Navy has many tasks it wants quantum devices to tackle, from setting maintenance schedules to enabling nearly unhackable communication ...

A survey of more than 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that "superflares" that could play havoc with electronics on Earth may happen every 100 to 200 years and the last big one to hit us was in 1859 ...

The oldest genomes ever recovered from modern humans have helped pin down when and how the momentous mingling of two hominins played out ...

Large drones have been spotted flying over the US for weeks, and state and federal officials say they still have no idea who is behind the flights ...

A fungus named Psilocybe ochraceocentrata is the closest relative of a widely cultivated psychedelic mushroom, giving clues to their evolutionary origins ...

La Niña conditions are expected to lead to a slightly cooler average global surface temperature in 2025, though it does not mean the planet as a whole has stopped warming ...

More and more people under 50 have been diagnosed with bowel cancer in different parts of the world over the past few decades ...

On 24 December, the Parker Solar Probe will be the closest human-made object ever to a star, taking unprecedented measurements of the sun ...

Just a few months after the previous record was set, a start-up called Quantinuum has announced that it has entangled the largest number of logical qubits - this will be key to quantum computers that can correct their own errors ...

We challenge you to find the scientific terms in this monster of a puzzle - and we're not even telling you exactly what they are ...