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What use is a quantum computer? Perhaps both more and less than you think, according to quantum computing expert Shayan Majidy ...

Seismic surveys and sediment cores suggest that dozens of deep pockmarks on the sea floor were created when Arctic methane stores were disrupted by climate change after the last glacial maximum - and scientists warn it could happen again ...

Seismic surveys and sediment cores suggest that dozens of deep pockmarks on the sea floor were created when Arctic methane stores were disrupted by climate change after the last glacial maximum - and scientists warn it could happen again ...

Muscle stem cells, which are crucial for building new muscle, don't work as well as we get older, but giving them an artificial boost could rejuvenate them ...

A Neanderthal tooth shows clear signs of human intervention to treat bacterial decay, showing that the earliest dentistry began at least 59,000 years ago ...

Why did humans decide they weren't like other animals, or animals at all? Has this exceptionalism twisted us out of shape? Michael Bond's book Animate offers a page-turning account of where we are now ...

Winner of an environmental photography award, this shot of a sea turtle seen under ultraviolet light shows how forensic evidence is being used to help catch poachers and animal traffickers ...

Rowan Hooper met ecologist Suzanne Simard under an oak tree in Kew Gardens, London, to talk about her new book, criticism of her work, and getting a call from James Cameron's people ...

Scientific disciplines often shy away from asking fundamental "what if" questions. But philosophy - if unencumbered by dogma or ideology - has much to offer evidence-based enquiry ...

A study of soils around the Arctic and boreal forests has found that some wildfires are releasing carbon stored over millennia, meaning higher CO2 emissions than assumed ...