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Humans have been jotting down their feelings and experiences for millennia. The earliest example of a diary is over 4,500 years old, written on papyrus by…

With the end of Grad PLUS loans fast approaching, a small number of institutions are promoting a loophole of sorts to help their incoming classes avoid…

If OpenAI is going to float this year, it has to get serious about its business model. The wow factor around the US company – the…

US markets saw their biggest slump since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran on Thursday as Donald Trump said the conflict’s impact on oil…

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…

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…

March 4, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmA Bill Gates–backed nuclear power plant just got cleared to start buildingTerraPower, a start-up founded by Microsoft…

A scientifically faithful impression of Earth during the Hadean Eon.Credit: Southwest Research Institute/Simone MarchiAncient rock crystals from Australia suggest that the early Earth might not have…

Last December, a letter from the Home Office dropped through Maria’s door. When she read it, she screamed. At 68, she lives with her disabled partner,…

Abnormal tau proteins can form tangled fibres that accumulate in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s (slice at left). (Brain without Alzheimer’s shown at right.)Credit: Alfred…