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A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column, ...

Research aiming to answer the great mystery of how consciousness arises is continuing to spark debate, with arguments over whether one leading idea - integrated information theory - even counts as sci ...

AI-powered deepfake videos with altered facial expressions can display realistic heartbeats through skin colour changes, ...

Human wounds take almost three times as long to heal as those of other primates, which may come down to our lack of fur ...

An alternative periodic table of elements focusing on highly charged ions reveals new science that could support the quest ...

Users of the r/ChangeMyView subreddit have expressed outrage at the revelation that researchers at the University of Zurich ...

The enigmatic Y chromosome has a tendency to disappear from cells with age. Now, research is revealing the long-term impacts ...

Putting air filters in classrooms seems to boost student attendance, which may be due to them reducing levels of air ...

The US government’s proposal for a vast health database to study autism could improve our understanding of the condition – ...

Early humans had almost no hope of surviving severe burns, so evolution may have prioritised the selection of genes that heal ...

Neutrinos have always been hard to explain – and now the detection of one so energetic it shouldn't exist may help illuminate the strangest corners of the cosmos ...