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Saudi Arabia is in line to host the 2034 World Cup after Australia decides against bidding hours before the deadline.

“it do be like that sometimes” is starting to lose it’s magic a little

A research study is examining how mice that live in cities, close to humans, may have evolved differently from their country cousins.

The major engineering scheme aims to interlink several Indian rivers to support irrigation....

‘Human challenge’ results suggest that such trials could be used to test vaccines when Zika incidence is low....

An industry-academic initiative announced today aims to create the largest ever database of genomes exclusively from people with African ancestry. Four biopharma companies contributing $80 million have teamed up with Meharry Medical College to launch the effort, which hopes to recruit up to 500,000 African Americans and people...

An industry-academic initiative announced today aims to create the largest ever database of genomes exclusively from people with African ancestry. Four biopharma companies contributing $80 million have teamed up with Meharry Medical College to launch the effort, which hopes to recruit up to 500,000 African Americans and people...

New clinical-trial data suggest that an antiviral pill called ensitrelvir shortens the duration of two unpleasant symptoms of COVID-19: loss of smell and taste. The medication is among the first to alleviate these effects and, unlike other COVID-19 treatments, is not reserved only for people at high risk of severe illness.

The Swedish climate campaigner was with other activists at a protest outside a central London hotel.

Belgium's Euro 2024 qualifier against Sweden is abandoned at half-time for security reasons after two Swedish people are shot dead in Brussels.

The JET laboratory, the focus of European fusion experiments for decades, carries out its last test.

The Parker Solar Probe's new top speed could get you from NYC to LA in just 20 seconds. It's not done yet.

Spécialiste de l’histoire du cosmos, le chercheur a su mettre la science à la portée de tous, multipliant livres et conférences. Il est mort à Paris le 13 octobre, à l’âge de 91 ans.

A knifeman fatally stabbed a teacher and wounded two other people in an attack at a school in the northern France city of Arras on Friday and the investigation was handed to the anti-terrorism prosecutor's office.

Unnamed octogenarian may have survived a failed infanticide attempt by her parents....

Today, ESA's Gaia mission releases a goldmine of knowledge about our galaxy and beyond. Among other findings, the star surveyor surpasses its planned potential to reveal half a million new and faint stars in a massive cluster, identify over 380 possible cosmic lenses, and pinpoint the positions of more than 150 000 asteroids...

A world of AI-assisted writing and reviewing might transform the nature of the scientific paper.

Spring is a dangerous time to be a female European common frog. After a winter-long hibernation, these amphibians congregate in shallow ponds to mate and lay eggs. The gatherings can turn ugly fast; male frogs, which vastly outnumber females, will regularly harass, intimidate, and coerce their counterparts into mating....

Traditional medical imaging works great for people with light skin but has trouble getting clear pictures from patients with darker skin. A Johns Hopkins University–led team found a way to deliver clear pictures of anyone's internal anatomy, no matter their skin tone....

Point Nemo has become the final resting place for hundreds of spacecraft. What will future archaeologists make of it?

As industry steps aside, scientists seek innovative ways to make sure expensive treatments can reach people who need them.

Neuron activity shows that the brain uses different systems for counting up to four, and for five or more....

An annular solar eclipse, also known as a “ring of fire” eclipse because of the way the sun and moon line up, will be visible in the US, Central America and South America on 14 October...

Euclid has found its ‘lost’ guide stars as a software patch has solved its navigation woes and the next six years of observation schedules have been redesigned to avoid stray sunlight: it’s the end of an interesting commissioning phase and Euclid will now undergo its final testing in full ‘science mode’.

Last year, lawmakers in the United States passed bipartisan legislation intended to maintain US competitiveness with countries such as China by boosting funding for science and innovation. But concerns are mounting that the US Congress will fail to deliver on its promises....

Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda first proposed umami as a basic taste — in addition to sweet, sour, salty and bitter — in the early 1900s. About eight decades later, the scientific community officially agreed with him....

Lions have long been perceived as Africa’s, if not the world’s, most fearsome terrestrial predator,the “king of beasts”. Wildlife’s fear of humans may, however, be far more powerful and all-prevailing, as recent global surveys show that humans kill prey at much higher rates than other predators, due partly to...

America is experiencing a crisis of expertise—one that has worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic and shows little sign of abating. A nationally representative survey conducted by the Survey Center on American Life finds that a growing number of Americans are distrustful of scientific and medical experts. This phenomenon cuts...

The class action will be decided by a single judge and could be a ‘genuine problem for Monsanto and Bayer if we’re successful’, lawyer says

In a study on the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its association with crash risk among older adult drivers, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that older adult drivers with ADHD are at a significantly elevated crash risk compared with their counterparts...

To date it has been unclear exactly how the sex of a bee is determined. A research team from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) comprising biologists and chemists has now identified a key gene and the molecular mechanism linked with it. In the current issue of the scientific journal Science Advances, they describe how...

The novel class of optical modulators can make data transfer over optical fiber communication faster and more efficient....

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov receive the prize for their work on glowing nanoparticles that are used in fields from electronics to surgery.

The World Health Organization has recommended a shot called R21 to prevent the disease in children....

An algorithm that takes just seconds to scan a paper for duplicated images racks up more suspicious images than a person.

Large study found three genes strongly linked to vegetarianism....

The development of attosecond pulses of light allowed researchers to explore the frame-by-frame movement of electrons....

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman developed immunizations amid an unprecedented pandemic at record-breaking speed.

Despite lacking a centralized brain, the translucent creatures can learn from past experiences to avoid bumping into obstacles....

Rishi Sunak is considering introducing some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures that would in effect ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, the Guardian has learned....

The Paris prosecutor’s office has recommended that the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and 23 members of her National Rally party stand trial over the alleged misuse of EU funds....

Reports that an officer allegedly impregnated an 18-year-old and another had ‘sexual contact with an underage female migrant’

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Some tumors are extremely small and hide deep within lung tissue, making it difficult for surgeons to reach them. To address this challenge, UNC –Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University researchers have been working on an extremely bendy but sturdy...

Researchers publicly call out theory that they say is not well supported by science, but that gets undue attention....

Researchers publicly call out theory that they say is not well supported by science, but that gets undue attention....