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The idea that we might attempt large-scale experiments to cool the planet is horrifying to some, but it looks increasingly likely that we will have to do so this century ...

Snow leopard cubs have been photographed in Mongolia - the first time researchers have visited one of the animals' dens since 2019 ...

Using samples collected by the Chinese Chang'e 5 mission, researchers have discovered a new way to release water from lunar regolith and process the carbon dioxide breathed out by astronauts ...

Shamanism is on the rise, both in practice and in popular culture. Manvir Singh has spent years exploring why it is so enduring, what we can learn from it and the surprising forms modern shamans take ...

In human beings, egg cells need to survive for about five decades, much longer than most other cell types - and they may achieve this unusually long lifespan by slowing down their natural cell processes ...

An expedition in the Red Sea found several brine pools that appear to be fed by underwater volcanoes, which may be home to microbes and animals with unique adaptations ...

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust moved in relation to each other as early as 3.5 billion years ago ...

Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange "altermagnets" could help us build an entirely new type of computer ...

In children with anorexia nervosa or other restrictive eating disorders, changes in the brain's outer layer don't seem to be due to lack of nutrition alone - and some mirror those seen in other neurological conditions ...

Parents may discourage naps out of concern that their child won't then sleep at night, but research suggests that is not actually the case ...