What mechanism causes the fuzzy quantum superposition state of an alive-and-dead cat to snap into a certain outcome, when Schrödinger opens his box? “One of the deepest questions in modern physics is ...

On the right is a depiction of an early Homo human ancestor characterized by relatively greater bone strength of the femur in the thigh compared to the humerus in the arm. To the left is a depiction ...

Mysterious trenches stretching for kilometres across southern Australia’s Nullarbor Plain have been revealed as the surface footprints of deep, hidden ancient cave systems. New research involving ...

In a discovery that challenges our understanding of dinosaur distribution during the Late Jurassic period, palaeontologists have identified the first evidence of the iconic Diplodocus outside North ...

UC San Francisco researchers are weighing in on one of the biggest challenges in psychedelic science, arguing that clinical trials need more convincing placebo treatments to better measure the drugs' ...

The Yujingia fossils measure between 8 and 22 millimetres in length, and preserve the body, gut and appendages, providing rare examples of ambulacrarians without a mineralised skeleton. The animals ...

Microplastics in wastewater may do more than simply carry pollutants. A new study shows that aged microplastics can actively alter the chemical reactions used to remove pharmaceutical contaminants ...

Air pollution leads to different risk of bacterial pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis, depending on the subtype of bacteria a person has, new research suggests. The new study comes from the Wellcome ...

US health officials knowingly relied on a compromised algorithm to detect signals of harm from mRNA covid-19 vaccines and silenced efforts to fix it, finds an investigation published by The BMJ today.

Today, several leading climate scientists published research showing that warming-induced emissions—greenhouse gas emissions from natural sources driven by rising temperatures—could amplify global ...

The 90 hours timelapse video shows enzymatic degradation of two different molecules that mimic nylon. The second and fourth vials show CC PUR1 breaking down the two molecules, while the first and ...

Exposure to light during the nighttime is linked to important and potentially harmful changes to the structure and function of the heart, according to a study of more than 11,000 people published in ...