5+ hour, 31+ min ago  (443+ words) Older mice that received a faecal microbiome transplant from younger animals went on to have improved brain plasticity, which suggests their brains could overcome a neurological condition that is typically successfully treated only in childhood A scanning electron micrograph of…...

7+ hour, 19+ min ago  (304+ words) Something is absorbing light on the surfaces of Pluto and Saturn's moon Titan, and figuring out what it is could be crucial to understanding Titan's complex chemistry Titan in ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths, as captured by the Cassini probe in…...

10+ hour, 50+ min ago  (360+ words) Carbon monoxide in Uranus' deep atmosphere indicate that the planet contains more ice than rock, suggesting it formed more like Neptune than we thought What lies at the centre of Uranus? JPL/NASA Uranus appears to have far more water…...

12+ hour, 38+ min ago  (587+ words) An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, causing almost the whole of Japan to move 5 millimetres to the east The fishing port of Kesennuma, Japan, in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake in 2011 Carolyn…...

13+ hour, 25+ min ago  (606+ words) Sarah O'Connor's We Are Not Machines explores how we are contorting ourselves to fit AI into our working lives " and what to do about it, finds Tom Knowles Employers wanting staff to be more like machines isn't new, says O'Connor…...

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1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (587+ words) An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, causing almost the whole of Japan to move 5 millimetres to the east The fishing port of Kesennuma, Japan, in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake in 2011 Carolyn…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (339+ words) As the sun expands over the coming billions of years, Earth will become inhospitable to any life more complex than a microbe " but that might take longer than we thought What might Earth look like in the far future? Vimal-S…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (168+ words) Beautifully written, this guide to distinguishing between truth, misinformation and lies, first published in 1995, remains an essential read for anyone who considers themselves a critical thinker, says Leah Crane How does Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World hold up today? The…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (777+ words) Archaeologists have discovered traces of a wooden structure built 5000 years ago, 5 kilometres from Stonehenge, which appears to have been an even older monument for marking the summer solstice A reconstruction of the summer solstice celebrations as they might have appeared…...