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The largest prime number is now 16 million digits longer than the previous record found in 2018, thanks to an amateur hunter and his large collection

Remote tribes in Papua New Guinea were ravaged in the 20th century by kuru, which was spread when people ate their dead relatives as part of funeral r

The compound creatine, a popular exercise supplement that only occurs naturally in animal products, could one day be produced in edible plants

Political campaigns are deploying AI-generated deepfake versions of politicians to reach hundreds of millions of eligible voters in India’s 2024 elect

A super-stretchy hydrogel can stretch to 15 times its original length and return to its initial shape, and could be used to make soft inflatable robot

NASA has launched a robotic lander towards the moon in its first mission to the lunar surface since the Apollo programme

In its final experiments before being shut down for good last year, the UK’s JET reactor set a world record for the energy output of a fusion reaction

Wearing a hearing aid didn’t reduce the rate of cognitive decline among a group of older people when compared with just receiving general health advic

Titan’s methane seas have ephemeral “magic islands” that have baffled scientists for years. They may be made of odd, porous clumps of snow

You have a decent chance of seeing shooting stars from anywhere in the world during the Lyrids meteor shower peak in the early hours of 22 and 23 Apri