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A team of scientists has shown that crows can ‘count’ out loud – producing a specific and deliberate number of caws in response to visual and auditory cues. While other animals such as honeybees have shown an ability to understand numbers, this specific manifestation of numeric literacy has not yet been observed in any...

A world that bears more than a passing similarity to Earth has just been discovered orbiting a star just 40 light-years from the Solar System....

Miniscule fragments of plastic pollution invade the human body every day without our knowing it, not just from eating and drinking but from simply breathing....

A nanoscale project represents a giant leap forward in understanding the human brain....

There’s a gaping hole in the ocean floor so deep that scientists have yet to detect its end....

One of the most spectacular known cave networks in the world is the Saint-Marcel Cave in France. The entrance area has been occupied by humans for millennia, dating back to the Middle Palaeolithic....

For the first time, researchers have simulated neurological junctions called synapses using the same water and salt ingredients the brain uses, contributing to an emerging field that combines biology with electronics called iontronics....

Natural diamonds take billions of years to form in the extreme pressures and temperatures deep underground. Synthetic forms can be produced far quicker, but they typically still require some intense squishing for up to several weeks....

The case, reported by infectious disease specialists at the Amsterdam University Medical Center in The Netherlands, describes a now-deceased 72-year-old immunocompromised man who had COVID-19 for 613 days – so long the virus evolved into a new immune-evasive variant inside his body....

You never really know what you might find hiding in your own backyard, especially if those things are particularly adept at escaping detection....

The world is currently experiencing its second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida teetering on the brink of disaster following months of record-breaking ocean heat, a US agency announced Monday.

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Having a cat as a pet could potentially double a person’s risk of schizophrenia-related disorders, according to a recent study....

These new fossils bring to light a critical missing link and enrich our understanding of the gradual evolution of the mammalian middle ear....

Turning off a gene early in mouse development led researchers to end up with an accidental six-legged embryonic mammal....