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The Neanderthal population shrank during a cold spell around 75,000 years ago, and the loss of genetic diversity may have contributed to their eventual extinction ...

Since 2016, Antarctic sea ice extent has been declining sharply - now scientists are piecing together how strong winds and warm deep water have played a part in this abrupt transition ...

Do we all see the same red? Or feel joy and sadness alike? Mapping how our inner experiences relate to one another could finally reveal how physical processes in the brain give rise to consciousness ...

Catching a comet in the process of falling apart is difficult, but a coincidence let astronomers see one in more detail than ever before using the Hubble Space Telescope - and revealed a mystery ...

Researchers have created the first living synthetic bacterium made from non-living parts by killing a bacterial cell and then transplanting the genome of another species into it, blurring the boundary between life and death ...

Researchers identified nearly 10,000 websites where API keys could be found, exposing details that could let attackers access sensitive information ...

Qilimanjaro is selling a relatively cheap kit with everything you need for a quantum computer - you just need to be able to put it together ...

On Tuesday, CERN will transport antiprotons on a truck for the first time, testing the plan to deliver antimatter by road to research labs across Europe ...

Astronomers have found a 710-metre-wide asteroid that spins once every 1.9 minutes, so fast that it should have spun itself apart ...

A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place and minimal damage. Some believe the same could be done with the brains of people with a terminal illness, so their mind can be reconstructed and they can "continue with their . ...