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Daily science news with breaking updates on the latest scientific research, interesting technology breakthroughs, new discoveries and how today's science headlines affect you. Brought to you from the team behind BBC Science Focus magazine.
Scientists could soon use giant fire tornadoes to clean up our oceans
Sometimes, the craziest ideas just happen to be the best
Some (very weird) weapons are being launched in space. And that's only the beginning
From lasers to space planes, the battle for space is already underway – and everyone wants to win it
Something very strange is happening under Greenland’s ice
A scientist described the phenomenon as “like a pot of boiling pasta”
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These (adorable) seal pups chat just like humans – accents included
They're seal-iously good conversationalists
Birdwatching could help slow ageing, breakthrough study finds
It turns out being bird-brained could actually be the ultimate goal for your cognitive health
You could get paid for everything you’ve ever posted online, says scientist
A hypothetical – but possible – economic compensation model could pay online users back for their contribution to AI, says a leading computational scientist
We could soon solve the world’s biggest archaeological puzzle
Artificial intelligence is helping archaeologists unlock Earth’s oldest secrets.
This ‘gruesome’ execution pit is raising unsettling questions about the Vikings
The disturbing burial site contained decapitated corpses and body parts stacked on top of each other. Yet what happened there remains a mystery
An ‘astonishingly’ large new dinosaur species has been discovered in the Sahara
This school-bus-sized predator was so unusual that scientists didn't recognise it at first
Why people living at higher altitudes are less prone to diabetes
Red blood cells soak up more sugar from the blood when deprived of oxygen
This ancient bacterium could help solve the antibiotic resistance crisis – or worsen it
The discovery of 5,000-year-old bacteria – that was until recently trapped in ice – could help or hinder humanity’s battle against infection
Scientists spent a decade recording the Arctic Ocean. What they heard raises some unsettling questions
The Arctic used to be one of the quietest places on Earth. But all that’s changing, putting animals at risk
Climate change is making frogs 'sexier', scientists say
Things are heating up at the water’s edge – in more ways than one
Bird poop powered one of the Americas’ greatest ancient kingdoms, study finds
Archaeological analysis of items from a South American kingdom reveals their prosperity was built on bird poop
Burning ourselves could be how humans evolved so successfully
New research suggests fire was key to human evolution – but not in the way we previously thought
Here’s what your sexual fantasies say about your personality, study claims
Your sexual inner world could be linked with a host of physical and mental conditions
The world’s first AI-only social media is seriously weird. The next may be even stranger
Millions of AI agents are chatting and posting on a social media site where humans can only observe. Soon, we won’t understand a word
Eating oats could lower your cholesterol in just two days, study suggests
The health benefits of a two-day porridge diet lasted for weeks afterwards
The weight-loss pill everyone wants is finally here
Experts say weight-loss drugs in pill form may become much more widely available – for better and for worse
Why do we still get major snowstorms in a warming world?
A huge US winter storm has reignited confusion about the polar vortex, the jet stream and what climate change really means for winter weather
The world's biggest Schrödinger’s cat just pushed quantum physics to the limit
The team have pushed the boundaries of quantum mechanics beyond what some thought possible. Now they want to go even further
Why sinking cities may now be a bigger climate crisis than rising seas
A hidden force is causing highly populated river deltas to sink. In many cases, the subsidence is happening faster than the sea is rising
Scientists asked 800 people to compare penis sizes. Here’s what they found
The study aimed to investigate why humans have larger appendages than other primates
A cow has been filmed using tools for the first time ever, stunning scientists
Veronika, a cow from Austria, taught herself to use a broom – and we have the footage to prove it
