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Moderna starts human trials of an mRNA-based flu vaccine

Turns out, mRNA vaccines are just getting started.

Scientists combine a semiconductor and superconductor for the first time

The combination produces exciting physical phenomena that could be used in electronics and quantum technology.

Second Khufu Solar Ship ready for assembly, reveals masterful shipbuilding 4,500 years ago in Egypt

Archaeologists believe solar ships were used by the pharaoh for pilgrimages or funeral rituals.

Flying on Mars: NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is the gift that keeps on giving

Ingenuity took a daring shortcut on its record-breaking 9th flight on the Red Planet.

Beetles produce a lubricant that’s more slippery than Teflon

It could be useful for small-scale robots and prosthetics

Could we use a Dyson sphere to harvest energy around a black hole?

Advanced civilizations could build giant power generator structures around black holes and we could even detect them.

Yoga and mindfulness training can help kids sleep more and more peacefully

Kids received training on how to bring one's attention to the present.

NASA says U.S. coastal cities should expect frequent high-tide floods by mid-2030, and the Moon is partly to blame

We're more to blame but that doesn't make for catchy headlines.

Meat and plant-based meat don't have the same nutritional properties, but neither is better than the other

Both contain important compounds that the other lacks.

Thousands of Islamic tombs arranged like stars in a galaxy found in Sudan

Using a cosmological technique typically used to study galaxies, archaeologists uncovered a vast funerary landscape in eastern Sudan composed of thousands of tombs resembling the stars of a galaxy. Sudan’s Kassala region, which borders neighboring Eritrea, has been occupied by the semi-nomadic Beja people for over two thousand years. Local archaeologists had previously discovered numerous […]

Vertical gardens can help reduce our stress levels and make us feel better

More reasons to be around nature as much as we can.

The pandemic gnawed at everyone's mental health -- but children are particularly affected

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the mental health of people the world over, and children are no exception.

New online calculator estimates how long seniors have left to live

The tool has both upsides and downsides. What would you do if you knew a person close to you has less than 6 months to live?

New Alzheimer's drug works on mice, set to start human trials

This could be a game changer in our fight against Alzheimer's.

China wants to practice deflecting an asteroid with rockets

Not everyone is thrilled, though: one such rocket recently plummeted back to Earth in uncontrolled re-entry.

Last month was hottest June on record in North America

Scandinavian countries are also affected by the scorching heat.

Myth busted? Home hygiene doesn't harm children's immune system, study finds

Exposure to volatile compounds from cleaning products may partly explain the rise of allergic disease rather than the lack of microbes.

China takes quantum supremacy lead

This quantum processor completed a complex task in a little over an hour -- about 60,000 times faster than a classical supercomputer.

Our galactic neighbourhood is now charted and available for you to explore

Reminds us of the Star Trek quadrants

The world’s first 3D-printed school just opened up in Malawi

Students have already started taking their first lessons in the new building.

Planting trees can increase rainfall across Europe -- and this is important for climate change

This could come in handy as temperatures continue to rise -- but there are also downsides, researchers warn.

Outdated WiFi routers may pose a huge security risk to millions of people

If you haven't updated your router in years you're not alone -- and that's not good.

Study finds Leonardo da Vinci's family tree spans 21 generations, including 14 living male descendants

The newly documented genealogy could help scientists identify Leonardo's long-lost DNA.

Dragonflies drop their bling when it gets too hot -- and climate change spells trouble

The wing bling could be making male dragonflies too hot for their own good.

This 51,000-year-old Neanderthal bone carving may be one of the world's oldest works of art

More and more evidence suggests that Neanderthals were just as feeling and thinking creatures as humans.

COVID-19: kids are using soft drinks to fake positive tests – I’ve worked out the science and how to spot it

Can you really fake a covid test with soft drinks? Well... kind of.

Iceland tried a four-day work week. It was an overwhelming success

Over 2,500 people participated and the results were highly positive.

Is the 'Dragon Man' a new species of human? Here's what we know so far

Some scientists believe we've found our long-lost sister lineage. But not everyone is entirely convinced.

Cows could help us in the plastic crisis -- with the bacteria in their guts

Cows giveth, cows taketh away.

EU’s plastic ban officially comes into force. Here’s what you should know

The bloc wants to transform its economy into a circular model

Scientists pinpoint brain circuit for spirituality

Spirituality may be “deeply woven into our neuro-fabric,” researchers claim.

UK to release beavers in London as part of urban rewilding

They used to be native but they were hunted down. Now, Britain wants them back.

Researchers develop cheap, simple, on-demand water disinfection process

All it needs is electricity, air, and a gold-palladium catalyst.

Researchers discover a new species of ancient beetle inside fossilized poop

Well, that's one way to last forever, I guess.

Neuroscientists find evolutionary origin of near-death experiences

Animals have been feigning death as a defence mechanism for eons. Humans took it to the next level.

Bezos picks aerospace pioneer Wally Funk to join him on space flight

They are scheduled to launch on July 20 on the New Shepard rocket

The UK's per capita emissions haven't been this low in 150 years

Britain's greenhouse gas emissions haven't been this low since the Industrial Revolution -- and the difference maker is coal.

Scientists develop world’s thinnest technology – only two atoms thick

It could be ground-breaking for modern tech devices

Some fish are warm-blooded -- and it lets them swim faster

However, it also leaves them more vulnerable to climate change.

Spray-on treatment could keep roads strong for longer while also making cities cooler

Less roadwork and livable temperatures? Sign me up.

We've found a dead star that's about as large as the Moon, but weighs more than the Sun

Space is full of surprises.

Convertible flying car makes pilot flight between airports in Slovakia

In turns from a supercar into an two-seat airplane in under three minutes.

Wild boar-pig hybrids now roaming radioactive Fukushima wasteland

The wild boars have no predators and have interbred with domestic pigs left behind by humans.

This 5,000-year-old-man may have been the “oldest” plague victim

A contender for "patient zero" for the plague.

Asia´s new coal plans are jeopardizing world’s climate targets

It makes little sense both financially and environmentally.

Study dismisses possibility of life in the clouds of Venus

Don't worry, there could still be life in the clouds of other planets

Feed the birds without worrying, new study says -- they won't get addicted to your food

You can keep on using the feeder in your backyard

Ancient weights show markets were already globalizing a few thousand years ago

Turns out people always loved shopping.

A startup proposes using autonomous microreactors fueled by nuclear waste to produce energy

It would also, conveniently, take care of our nuclear waste.

Pets offer better emotional support to grieving people than humans

They really are man’s best friend.