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Thanks to AI and modern carbon dating techniques, we have a new understanding of when the Dead Sea Scrolls were written – ...

Abell S1063 is so massive that the light from distant galaxies bends around it, allowing it to act as a magnifying glass to ...

Once thought to have originated in cows and spread through dust, the surprising evolutionary story of tuberculosis reveals ...

Despite reports of a recent surge in ADHD, a global analysis has found no reliable evidence of an increase in the number of ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, we journey to 2035, when undersea ...

Feedback is amazed to see sperm racing touted as a new track sport, but it’s going to take a lot of CGI and other fakery to ...