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You could say that the silence has been deafening. Since its beginnings more than half a century ago, the dedicated search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has failed to detect the […]

Spheres of carbon-60 responsible for mysterious cosmic-light features.

Microbe-filled solutions could be repurposed as small motors under certain conditions.

Scientists have the tools to end the epidemic. They just need better ways to use them.

Working out how to build ethical robots is one of the thorniest challenges in artificial intelligence. Real-life roboticists are citing Asimov’s laws a lot these days: their creations are becoming […]

Sequencing data point to longstanding conflict between the chromosomes that determine sex.

Attempts to attribute extreme weather events to global warming have often failed because they have looked at the wrong thing, leading climatologists claim. By focusing on rising temperatures, tides and […]

Bright galaxy thought to hold stars from generation that seeded rest of Universe.

A wave of innovative flat materials is following in the wake of graphene — but the most exciting applications could come from stacking them into 3D devices.