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Alien megastructures? Cosmic thumbprint? What’s behind a James Webb telescope photo that had even astronomers stumped
In July, a puzzling new image of a distant extreme star system surrounded by surreal...
Late night eating may cause greater weight gain – new research points to why
It’s long been popular advice for people looking to lose weight to avoid late night...
Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years
Looking up at the moon in the night sky, you would never imagine that it is slowly...
Solar farms a ‘blight on the landscape’? Research shows they can benefit wildlife
Liz Truss, the new UK prime minister, isn’t a fan of solar farms. In 2014, when...
Nobel prize: Svante Pääbo’s ancient DNA discoveries offer clues as to what makes us human
The Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for 2022 has been awarded to Svante Pääbo...
What’s next for ancient DNA studies after Nobel Prize honors groundbreaking field of paleogenomics
For the first time, a Nobel Prize recognized the field of anthropology, the study...
Nobel prizes most often go to researchers who defy specialization
Winners are creative thinkers who synthesize innovations from varied fields and...
Ministry of Education announces the launch of the “National Week for Scientific Research” activities
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education, in cooperation with the Qatar Council...
Chernobyl black frogs reveal evolution in action
The accident at reactor four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 generated...
Glass beads in lunar soil reveal ancient asteroid bombardments on the Moon and Earth
In 2020, China’s Chang'e 5 mission sampled more than a kilogram of Moon rock and...
Solar geoengineering might work, but local temperatures could keep rising for years
Imagine a future where, despite efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly,...
NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid – photos show the last moments of the successful DART mission
In a world first, NASA has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to...
We found the oldest ever vertebrate fossil heart. It tells a 380 million-year-old story of how our bodies evolved
In the limestone ranges of Western Australia’s Kimberley region, near the town of...
Folded diamond has been discovered in a rare type of meteorite. How is this possible?
A “folded diamond” doesn’t sound entirely plausible
Why do we laugh?
New study considers possible evolutionary reasons behind this very human behaviour...
Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itself – and astronomers are discovering more of the billions they think are out there
Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system...