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Physicist Rajendra Gupta's study suggests current calculations that show the age of the universe is 13.7 billion years old are wrong, and his new theory shows the universe has actually been around for 26.7 billion years.

For more than ten years, researchers have been discussing how the numerous circular bare patches in the middle of the African grasslands—the so-called fairy circles—can arise.

Scientists have puzzled over the origins of a gravity hole in the Indian Ocean for years. Now, researchers think the sunken floor of an extinct ocean could be the cause.

To celebrate Disability Pride Month, Music: Not Impossible brought vibrating haptic suits to a Lincoln Center dance party.

Scent dogs may represent a cheaper, faster and more effective way to detect COVID-19, and could be a key tool in future pandemics, a new review of recent research suggests. The review, published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, found that scent dogs are as effective, or even more effective, than conventional COVID-19 tests such as RT-PCR.

The GE⊕-LPS includes V-shaped solar panels positioned in a helix configuration over one-square-kilometer in length.

The antibody treatment donanemab slows clinical decline by around a third, a large trial confirms.

Whales, bats and birds sound different depending on where they live. So do elk, according to new research.

Our universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to a new study that challenges the dominant cosmological model and sheds new light on the so-called "impossible early galaxy problem."

In winter, the birds must remember where they’ve hidden tens of thousands of seeds. Biologist Vladimir Pravosudov explains what this can teach us about how the brain evolves.

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Study: "Preliminary clinical and cost effectiveness of augmented depression therapy versus cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of anhedonic depression (ADepT): a single-centre, open-label, parallel-group, pilot, randomised, controlled trial" https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00261-4/fulltext

A new study at King's College, Cambridge reveals the striking benefits of letting lawns go wild. But can others be persuaded to break with a 300-year old social norm?

The detector can sense as a few as seven to 35 coronavirus particles per liter of air — about as sensitive as a PCR test but much quicker.

Removing lead from homes, schools, and daycare centers could reduce exposure for half a million children under the age of 6.

A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature suggests that climate change is causing the oceans to become greener, offering clues about how global warming is impacting the ocean’s ecosystem.

A look back at some robotic inventions that didn't quite get there.

A combination of acoustic and electrical stimulation reduces tinnitus by half

Gene editing can streamline the process of wood fiber production, by modifying poplar trees to reduce the amount of their hard lignin.

Data from ESA’s exoplanet mission Cheops has led to the surprising revelation that an ultra-hot exoplanet that orbits its host star in less than a day is covered by reflective clouds of metal, making it the shiniest exoplanet ever found.

The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the recent surge in bird flu outbreaks among mammals could help the virus spread more easily among humans.

The sea is becoming greener due to changes in plankton populations, analysis of Nasa images finds