Hearts appear to change their biological age after transplantation, with young donor organs showing accelerated ageing in older recipients and older hearts displaying signs of rejuvenation when placed in younger bodies, according
Japan’s OHISAMA demonstration satellite is scheduled for launch in fiscal 2026, embarking on an ambitious mission to wirelessly deliver solar power from space to Earth for the first time. Unlike earlier experiments
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Chinese researchers have developed an ultra-low-temperature lithium battery capable of operating reliably in extreme cold, marking a significant technological advance that could reshape how energy is stored and used in some of
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Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence that the first humans to inhabit the High Arctic were not merely surviving at the edge of the world, but actively transforming it. Newly discovered archaeological sites
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In the fjords of northern British Columbia, humpback whales execute one of nature’s most extraordinary cooperative hunting techniques: bubble-net feeding. A group of whales dives beneath a shoal of herring, with one
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For decades, the idea that machines might one day think like humans belonged to the realm of science fiction and philosophical debate. Now, according to a growing body of evidence examined in
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Chinese researchers have developed an all-superconducting user magnet capable of producing a central magnetic field of 35.6 teslas — more than 700,000 times stronger than Earth’s magnetic field — setting a new
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A new academic study has found that artificial intelligence systems can reproduce subjective and biased views about places, after ChatGPT judged Cambridge to be harder-working and happier than its historic rival Oxford.
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Scientists have observed a supermassive black hole that appears to have reactivated after a nearly 100 million-year hiatus, unleashing powerful jets of plasma once again and reshaping its surrounding cosmic environment. The
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The idea of an artificial intelligence that can independently design, run, and analyze scientific experiments has long hovered at the edge of speculation. Now it is moving decisively into reality. A group
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Scroll through TikTok or Instagram and you will almost certainly encounter the now-familiar line: “Your frontal lobe isn’t fully developed yet.” The phrase has become the modern-day excuse for impulsive decisions, risky
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has reached a major milestone, with new photos released Dec. 4 showing the observatory standing upright and fully assembled inside a clean room at the agency’s
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Long before stock markets and mutual funds, the wealthy of ancient Greece and Rome were already practicing sophisticated investment strategies that would look familiar to modern financiers. A new feature in Live
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Commercial nuclear reactors have long followed the same blueprint: uranium atoms split, release neutrons, and set off a chain reaction that generates heat. That heat turns water into steam, spins turbines, and
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For more than a century and a half, the origins of birds have been dominated by a single, iconic fossil from Germany: Archaeopteryx. Long regarded as the first bird and a textbook
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A new study led by researchers at Imperial College London has found that same-sex sexual behaviour is a recurring feature of primate life, challenging the long-held notion that sex among animals is
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