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Deep canyons in the Andes are the perfect location to catch the most energetic particles in the universe. Carlos Argüelles-Delgado reveals how these intergalactic envoys could help prove the quantum n ...

Two mass strandings involving hundreds of dolphins in Argentina probably happened because the pods were being hunted by orcas ...

Humans perceive aesthetic beauty in inanimate objects partly because the brain his highly attuned to pattern, explain our readers ...

Cortical Labs is building two data centres that will house its neuron-filled chips. The technology is still in the very early ...

Longer summers are allowing more king penguin chicks to bulk up and survive the winter, but the penguins' main fishing area is shifting further away as temperatures rise ...

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