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The first people to reach the Kitsissut Islands off the north-west coast of Greenland were Indigenous peoples, who crossed ...

One type of friction can waste energy even when two perfectly smooth surfaces move against each other, but researchers are ...

Pesticides are becoming more toxic and just about every country is using more of them year after year, despite a UN target to ...

A type of cognitive training that tests people's quick recall seems to reduce the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease ...

SpaceX says it wants to deploy an astronomical number of data centres in orbit to supply power for artificial intelligence, ...

A review of the evidence suggests that statins are no more likely than a placebo to cause most of the side effects listed on ...