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Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after an Austrian cow named Veronika displayed an impressive – and until now undocumented – knack…

Scientists have warned of a potential “regime shift” in the oceans, as the rapid growth of huge mats of seaweed appears to be driven by global…

Positive thoughts may boost the immune system according to research that points to a connection between the mind and our body’s natural defences.Scientists have found people…

Are we being injured and killed by ubiquitous, teeny-tiny shards of toxic plastic? Or aren’t we? For many months, the Guardian has reported a series of…

Wang, H. et al. Scientific discovery in the age of artificial intelligence. Nature 620, 47–60 (2023).Article  ADS  PubMed  Google Scholar  Hopfield, J. J. Neural networks and…

January 14, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmScientists Find Extinct Rhino DNA in Wolf Pup Mummy’s StomachScientists have sequenced the genome of the long-extinct…

Greenland is a major place of climate research.Credit: Lukasz Larsson Warzecha/GettyIn the aftermath of the US military’s action to remove Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela,…

No one likes to do something they find unpleasant. Who among us hasn’t put off icky things such as a tedious work assignment, a fridge deep…

When we imagine a planet, we think of one like ours, orbiting a star. But some have a far lonelier existence, drifting through interstellar space without…

new video loaded: Why This Glacier Worries Scientists the MostOur climate reporter Raymond Zhong describes how the fast-melting Thwaites Glacier of Antarctica, is like a cork…