Ceres may have been habitable at just half a billion years old
A billion or so years into its evolution, the icy dwarf planet Ceres may have had the right conditions to…
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Gene therapy enables five children who were born deaf to hear
Five children have had gene therapy to treat inherited deafness, this time in both ears, following the success of earlier…
Hepatitis B vaccine linked with a lower risk of developing diabetes
Being vaccinated against hepatitis B may reduce chronic inflammation levels in the body, which could help ward off diabetes
Why 2024 Abel prize winner Michel Talagrand became a mathematician
After losing an eye at the age of 5, the 2024 Abel prize winner Michel Talagrand found comfort in mathematics
Rain could be a clean way of generating lots of electricity
Water falls on Earth every day as rain, and now scientists seem to have found a way of using it…
Google launches $5m prize to find actual uses for quantum computers
Existing quantum computers can solve some problems faster than any ordinary computer, but none of those problems has any practical…
How the US Supreme Court and Trump could stop a TikTok ban
A US ban on the video-sharing app TikTok is set to take effect in early 2025 – but the country's…
What is xAI, Elon Musk’s new AI company, and will it succeed?
Elon Musk has announced a new venture called xAI that plans to “understand the true nature of the universe”. Here’s…
Meteorite crystals show evidence of hot water on ancient Mars
A rock that formed around 4.5 billion years ago on Mars before being blasted into space by a meteor strike…
Air quality: How does pollution affect your health?
Recent research is revealing how air pollution damages many parts of the body, who is most at risk and how…