Survival of the wittiest: Could wordplay have boosted human evolution?
[ad_1] We will never know who spoke the first sentence or what they said, but we can have some fun speculating. Perhaps it came out
The sun may spit out giant solar flares more often than we thought
[ad_1] This relatively small solar flare from October – the bright flash in the centre spotted by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory – would be dwarfed
Magic mushrooms found in Africa are a species new to science
[ad_1] Psilocybe ochraceocentrata mushrooms, a new species found in Zimbabwe and South Africa Cathy Sharp Psychedelic mushrooms growing in southern Africa have been identified as
Global forecast for 2025 sees temperatures falling back below 1.5°C
[ad_1] A severe storm brought on by La Niña in Queensland, Australia Genevieve Vallee / Alamy Stock Photo The average global surface temperature during 2025
Pre-eclampsia could be treated with mRNA technology
[ad_1] High blood pressure is a common symptom of pre-eclampsia Nataliya Piatrovich/Alamy Delivering babies early, when possible, is currently the only way to deal with
Another record has been set for the most entangled logical qubits
[ad_1] Quantinuum’s quantum computer uses ions trapped in a vacuum chamber like this Quantinuum The competition to build a useful quantum computer is heating up.
Parker Solar Probe will soon go deeper into the sun than ever before
[ad_1] Illustration of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe NASA GSFC/CIL/Brian Monroe In less than two weeks, a spacecraft will pass through the atmosphere of our nearest
Bowel cancer is rising in younger people around the world
[ad_1] It isn’t entirely clear why bowel cancer is on the rise among adults under 50 STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Rates of bowel cancer in
Liquid metal unlocks a way to make artificial blood vessels
[ad_1] A gallium cast used to make a channel system in a soft gel, mimicking blood vessels Subramanian Sundaram/BU and Harvard University Lab-grown organs for
Earth may have had its water delivered by a vast cloud of vapour
[ad_1] The sun may have created a vast mass of water gas by heating asteroids ESA/Hubble Copyright: NASA, ESA, M.A. Garlick (space-art.co.uk), University of Warwick,