Ancient bacteria genome reconstructed from Neanderthal tooth gunk
Researchers pieced together the genomes of two unknown species of green sulphur bacteria from DNA fragments found in ancient calcified tooth plaque
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Could we set Uranus on fire to steal its hidden diamonds?
It would be tricky to burn away the outer layers of Uranus, but doing so could reveal a possible stash of gems – in this episode of Dead Planets Socie
How your brain stays focused on conversations in a noisy room
The brain processes voices differently depending on the volume of the speaker and if the listener is focused on them
AI can better retain what it learns by mimicking human sleep
An AI inspired by the way humans form long-term memories during sleep can learn to perform tasks better than existing models
When to see Venus disappear behind the moon this Thursday
Venus will vanish behind the moon for about an hour in the morning of 9 November in Europe, western Russia and some of northern Africa – here’s how to
Why is there a shortage of ADHD drugs and what can people do?
Amid a shortage of ADHD medicines in many countries, people may need to ask their doctor for an alternative drug or a reduced dose of their existing t
Slicing the moon in half would be disastrous for Earth – but beautiful
The moon can be a scourge for astronomers, so the Dead Planets Society has figured out how to destroy it, with consequences both disastrous and visual
All of Neptune’s clouds have vanished – it may be because of the sun
Over the past few years, the white clouds that usually shroud Neptune’s surface have disappeared, and it may be because of changes in the sun’s activi
Euclid space telescope is about to launch to probe the dark cosmos
The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope is scheduled to launch on 1 July and then begin its mission of studying the effects of dark energy
JWST finds the planet TRAPPIST-1b may not have an atmosphere
Many researchers thought the worlds orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1 would have thick atmospheres, but new observations of one of them show that it doesn’