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In Emmi Itäranta's The Moonday Letters, humans have adapted to live off-world. But central to this genre-crashing thrill ride is...

Pressing gelatin onto fingerprints then exposing it to a special vapour can determine when the prints were made Chemistry 30...

Is our universe one of a myriad? How hard is it to be a woman in science? Beyond the Big...

This evolution bestseller is full of ironic humour, sharp insights and affectionate acknowledgement of human flaws – and ends up...

Artificial turf has grown in popularity, but it has major drawbacks, says Beronda L. Montgomery, who is looking for a...

You reach over a stove to pick up a pot. What you didn’t realize was that the burner was still...

Feedback raises an eyebrow at the cap which reads brainwaves to help China detect pornography, while also investigating secret cannabis...

A recent lawsuit has grabbed headlines and raised consumer concerns with its claim that Skittles, the popular many-colored candies, contain...

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Discarded electronics are piling up fast, pushing researchers to explore creative ways to reduce the resulting trash, known as e-waste....

Highly acidic water usually breaks down a tadpole’s gill lining, but an Australian frog has evolved to suck in more...

Sheltered underneath nearly a mile of rock in Abruzzo, Italy, scientists are hard at work unraveling the secrets of the...

An artificial intelligence voice jammer can unobtrusively block microphones recording a single voice in an area, avoiding causing wider disruption...

Ultrasound scanners, which image the inside of the human body, are a life-saving medical tool. Now researchers have shrunk the...

Observing the surface of an exoplanet is tricky, but a study analysing data from the Spitzer space telescope suggests it...

As monkeypox cases continue to rise in the U.S. and the rest of the world, many of those most affected...