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Bizarre 'bull's-eye' cloud rings appear above erupting volcano on Atlantic island — Earth from space
One underlying cause of inflammatory bowel disease pinpointed in new study
Never-before-seen shark that 'walks' on land discovered off Papua New Guinea
Diagnostic dilemma: Woman's infertility may have been caused by rare semen allergy
Hanging lamp in the form of a sandaled right foot: A 1,600-year-old bronze lamp with multilayered Christian symbolism
James Webb telescope detects 'galaxy-killing wind' near the dawn of time — and it could preview the death of the Milky Way
The US just approved bemotrizinol, a sunscreen ingredient long used in Asia and Europe. Here's how it works.
James Webb telescope finds a cosmic cloud of creation buried in the Sword of Orion — Space photo of the week
What will the Amazon rainforest look like in 100 years?
'You kill the bacteria and heal the wound at the same time': Emerging nanotech could be the future of wound healing
Outdoor cats can be exposed to dangerous germs — here's how to protect you and your pets, according to more than 400 studies
Science news this week: Goblin shark filmed for first time, California close to a major quake, physicists split photon, and inside China's plans to 'tame nature'
Diagnostic dilemma: A fish stabs a man through the throat and the base of the skull
Why does it take our eyes so long to adjust to the dark?
Watch bison herd defend a newborn calf from wolf attack in a primeval Polish forest
Estrogen levels in both the male and female brain may shape memory's resilience in face of stress
'A completely different story': 300 million-year-old fossils reveal the first vertebrate land dwellers weren't what we thought, researchers claim
Denisovan DNA influences the immune systems of modern Oceanians — but researchers aren't sure why
Wildlife inside Chernobyl exclusion zone acted differently during Russia's invasion, camera traps reveal
'Is it really necessary to generate another image?': UN scientist explains how everyday people can limit AI's environmental impact
Rainforest quiz: Can you sort Earth's largest rainforests from biggest to smallest?
5,000-year-old 'prototype' Stonehenge aligning with solstices discovered near the famous Stone Age monument
'It's a huge deal': Archaeologists discover second cannonball from the Battle of the Alamo, and it was likely fired by Texans
'A mixture from zero to infinity': Physicists split apart a photon — and ended up with an improbable swarm of particles
Oldest known plague victims found in a 5,500-year-old burial ground in Siberia — and many of them were children
A secretive Chinese probe has just arrived at one of Earth's 'quasi-moons' and will soon attempt a first-of-its-kind landing
Atlantic 'cold blob' is responsible for shifts in the Indian summer monsoon that threaten over 1 billion people
'They reliably chose the statistically more favorable option': A crow researcher explains how these winged geniuses process numbers, and what it could reveal about human math smarts
'River in the Sky': China's doomed plan to create a 'cloud seeding corridor' tells us how far the country will go to solve its climate crisis
Diagnostic dilemma: Viral infection caused woman not to recognize her own father
5,000-year-old burial of man with battered skull found in kiln in Germany — and he may have been a human sacrifice
Watch Venus vanish behind the moon in broad daylight today — without any special equipment
A Texas-size chunk of winter sea ice is missing from Antarctica — and it's probably not coming back
Wreck of World War II Japanese 'hellship' that sank with more than 1,000 Allied POWs on board discovered off the Philippines
'Is having two legs useful' in space?: Astronaut John McFall explains what life in orbit might be like for the first physically disabled person in space
The world's first nuclear clock just ticked on — and it could help detect a fifth fundamental force of physics
'The system is critically stressed': San Andreas and San Jacinto faults scarily close to major earthquake, study finds
Elusive dwarf fox, feared extinct, photographed for the first time on island off Yucatán
Earth-based telescope shares image of Artemis II capsule near the moon — one of the farthest photos of humans ever taken
Indonesia's near-identical, 'Twin Peaks' volcanoes form striking mirror image — Earth from space
Dangerously hot and humid: Rising temperatures in the US make outdoor exercise hazardous
Lavish Roman villa discovered outside Rome's walls may have been frequented by Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius
Atacama Desert’s center dried out 20 million years earlier than previously thought — before the Andes formed
Diagnostic dilemma: Brain scans following a man's hospital visit for leg weakness revealed a surprising finding
'Melted in a pot somewhere': Vikings used Islamic silver coins to make their early pennies, study finds
'I never thought we'd see one alive': Elusive goblin shark captured on camera for the first time
'They are trying to tame nature': China is building the world's biggest dam in an earthquake-prone region of Tibet
Hundreds of hidden earthquakes discovered beneath Antarctica — and they're happening in a very odd location
An ancient piece of the moon found in Africa hints at a long-ago collision that turned the lunar surface molten

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Principia-Scientific

Bill Gates Used NIH Donations to Influence U.S. Health Research
Has The Vaccine Industry Collectively Lost Its Mind?
How the urge to please your doctor can work against you
Dr Pierre R Latour PE: April 15, 1940 – June 11, 2026
Israeli cyber firm accused of meddling in multiple elections
The “Covid vaccine” development story is obviously ridiculous
THE UNIVERSAL ANTIDOTE: A Surgeon’s Education on Chlorine Dioxide
How DMSO Heals The Nerves & Eliminates Pain
BMJ Still ‘Investigating’ Post Vax Deaths Paper After Two Years
Everything About Net Zero is Fake
Evidence Reveals Global U.S. Taxpayer-Funded Biolab Program
New Welsh Temperature ‘Record’ Is From A Class 5 Junk Site
New research suggests Vitamin C prevents brain decline in old age
ESSAY: The Architecture of Enslavement
Why is Ivermectin and Iodine Being Suppressed in the UK?
New NIAID Director John Powers Is a Former WHO Advisor
HHS Quarantines Symptomless American Against Her Will Even After Testing Negative for Hantavirus
58% of top UK health committee have ties to Big Pharma
Your Next Chocolate Bar Could Come From a Lab — Will It Be Safety Tested?
The British ‘Terminally Ill Adults Assisted Dying’ Bill

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Scientists May Have Discovered the Origins of the Euphrates River, Which Helped Nurture Some of the Earliest Known Civilizations
Fish and Humans Share Surprisingly Similar Sleep Habits, Including Daytime Naps
This Infamous ‘Death Railway’ Station, Built by Forced Labor From Prisoners of War and Civilians in World War II, Was Just Revealed in Thailand
Scientists Identify Swaths of Coral Reefs That Might Be Able to Withstand Climate Change, Offering New Avenues for Conservation
Authorities Investigated Reports of an Illegal Excavation in Rome. Then, They Stumbled Upon an Ancient Villa Adorned With Mosaics
Two Well-Preserved Roman Busts Were Discovered Inside a Wine Vat in Israel Near the Capital City of a Roman Province
How Angry, Out-of-Work Fishermen Saved the Patriots During the American Revolution
Archaeologists Discover Evidence a Wooden Prototype for Stonehenge May Have Aligned With the Solstice 500 Years Before the Stone Circle
A 6-Year-Old Boy Spotted Something Sticking Out of the Ground in a Field. It Turned Out to Be a Viking Sword
New Discovery That Hunter-Gatherer Children Died of Plague More Than Five Millennia Ago Sets Back the Date of the Earliest Outbreak

newscientist

Unapproved gene therapy for boosting longevity is set to go on sale
Woman with Alzheimer's starts conversing again after taking psilocybin
New-to-science spider builds trap that flings ants into the air
How menopause radically changes the brain – and what happens after
‘Fusogenic’ neurosurgery let paralysed pigs walk again – are we next?
A promising natural technique to remove CO2 could backfire
The surprising ways your brain changes from your 20s to your 40s
People training new AI models admit they just get chatbots to do it
We've found a mysterious substance on Titan and Pluto
Autism may have two distinct subtypes that vary by brain activity
A quantum state that lasts forever may finally be within our grasp
The one film to watch before seeing Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day
Faecal transplant makes the brains of old mice act young again
Most portable air conditioners suck – but there's an easy fix
Has the answer to life's origins been hiding in our cells all along?
Gas from Uranus reveals it has an icy centre
Can prebiotics, probiotics or postbiotics help your ageing microbiome?
Remarkable fossils rewrite the story of how animals conquered the land
Almost the whole of Japan moved eastward after 2011 earthquake
Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World is still supremely relevant today
Complex life on Earth may last 500 million years longer than expected
New Scientist recommends an excellent look at the future of work
Ancient monument marked summer solstice centuries before Stonehenge
Cervical cancer deaths have plummeted thanks to HPV vaccine
Chilling the body with drugs could limit brain damage from stroke
Oldest known plague outbreak killed hunter-gatherer children
Pigeons lock their eyes in place when they are flying
Our brains have their first thoughts unexpectedly early in life
Autism and ADHD are on the rise due to widening diagnostic criteria
The secrets to keeping your brain sharp in old age
Walking shark found in Papua New Guinea is new to science
Sperm have been made magnetic to allow IVF inside the body
Arctic Ocean reaches tipping point that could be dire for marine life
Technology is changing our perspective on nature – at every scale
The social media ban is an experiment – here’s how it will be studied
Inside the start-up aiming for a giant leap in robot intelligence
We may have finally solved cosmology's chicken-or-the-egg problem
Are useful and error-free quantum computers only two years away?
Why controversial ideas in science shouldn't always be dismissed
What is a ‘normal’ memory slowdown, and when should I worry?
Understanding anorexia’s grip on the brain could unlock new therapies
Sci-fi horror film Backrooms is a triumph for its 20-year-old director
Hundreds of new moons are revealing our solar system's violent history
The relationship recession is even bigger for Gen Z than we thought
Killer robots are here – we must finally decide whether to accept them
El Niño has started and the weather could get weird
Quantum computer quickly mines cryptocurrency while using less energy
Art and nature come together in stunning new Henry Moore exhibition
Striking photos show how sands are encroaching on oases in the Sahara
How to sparkle in conversation with strangers
First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timekeeping
Global map reveals the vast scale of underground fungal networks
Have we finally worked out how Venus flytraps snap shut?
‘Forgotten’ pollutants cause 15 per cent of global warming
Toy universe shows that time could be a quantum illusion
Dramatic photo of ibis being guided to their winter homes wins award
Vaping after quitting smoking is linked to lung cancer
New Scientist recommends a brilliant take on the evolution of birds
Think you have a good sense of humour? So do most people…
Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time
Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-trap recording
Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean ‘necropolis’
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could destroy the ozone layer
A Waymo nearly hit me, but I'm still optimistic about driverless cars
Robots are about to overtake armed soldiers as the deciders of war
Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of the dead
Frozen squirrel scat preserves ancient DNA from hundreds of species
The last-ditch plan to save coral reefs from utter destruction
Why we should all take quantum physics extremely personally
A cosmic case of mistaken identity that can only be solved right now
Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact site stayed hot for millions of years
Unpicking endometriosis reveals how it affects more than the pelvis
You don't need to worry about recursive-self-improving AI – yet
What really happened when ancient humans migrated out of Africa
Wildlife thrives in solar farm built on restored peatland
Can Apple and Google stop children from sharing explicit images?
Half the world's reservoirs could be clogged up with dirt by 2060
You could get some of the benefits of sleep without having to nod off
Are we getting to the point where it's safe to gene-edit babies?
The maths meme that has been distracting mathematicians for a century
Superintelligent machines may well need us after all
Explore the mind-bending and paradoxical art of M C. Escher
Cuts to US ocean programme will hinder monitoring of El Niño and AMOC
A chromosome from a frozen rat has been resurrected inside mice
Alice Roberts: 'We are fundamentally, at the end of the day, animals'
Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening
Why you need to future-proof your brain in middle age and how to start
Hearing loss is bad for the whole body – but new treatments are coming
A golden age of maths is dawning and mathematicians are freaking out
Flood of AI 'garbage' is pushing open-source developers to the limit
Everyone is Lying to You for Money is a must-watch exposé of crypto
Becoming a parent may make you love your partner less
How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962
The looming El Niño could be bad – but much worse is to come
Stonehenge's altar stone probably wasn't transported by a glacier
New Scientist recommends a deep dive into our organs by Giulia Enders
Is there a word for the Wiki page for the Ship of Theseus paradox?
Earth has a mysterious triple symmetry that may influence its climate
Ditch the niceties in AI prompts to save energy use, say researchers
Atom-based quantum computers are catching up in the race to usefulness