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Smoking is bad for you and you shouldn’t do it. You know both of these things, of course: you’ve been told them in school, on TV…

Agarikon is one of two endangered species of fungi in the United States. So rare is the species that scientists have placed samples of it in…

Coming face to face with a probable psychopath was enough to make Dr Leanne ten Brinke rethink her career choices. Early in her 20s, while studying…

How could I fault Aditya Chakrabortty’s account of the failure to prioritise the nation’s health as he cites me as its inspiration (This is a life…

Craig Munns has a large model of a T rex on his desk. He got it with a magazine subscription two decades ago. One day, a…

Earth’s leading alien hunters believe extraterrestrials could be out there, they’re just having a hard time getting through to us because it’s stormy in space.Reminiscent of…

My guess is you keep across the news. You know Andy Mountbatten-Windsor has just had the worst birthday ever; that tall hotels in Dubai don’t make…

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.Better known as Deinococcus radiodurans, this microbe is…

Evo 2 is an AI model designed to read, interpret, and generate sequences of DNA, RNA, and proteins.Credit: Jean-Claude Revy/Science Photo LibraryIn 2008, researchers reported the…

Environmental groups have objected to the recommendation of a “blue tick” sustainability label being awarded to a Norwegian krill fishing giant, amid concerns over concentrated fishing…