An economic compensation model that pays you for your contribution to generative AI is possible, says a leading computational scientist ...

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Palaeontologists have discovered a colossal new species of dinosaur in a remote part of the Sahara. Named Spinosaurus mirabilis – meaning ‘astonishing’ Spinosaurus in Latin – the giant lived in what ...

The lack of oxygen at high altitudes triggers red blood cells to soak up more oxygen, reducing the risk of diabetes ...

If you got eaten by a snake, it could take a whole month to digest you... but it would at least leave your hair ...

Forgot what science-fiction has told you, flying through an asteroid belt would be a major challenge for anyone.

The Solar System formed almost five billion years ago from a turbulent cloud of gas and dust. The motions of the atoms and molecules in that cloud were extremely unlikely to average out to be exactly ...

The discovery of 5,000-year-old bacteria – that was until recently trapped in ice – could help or hinder humanity’s battle against infection.

Drawing on a decade’s worth of underwater sound data from Cambridge Bay in the Canadian Arctic, the researchers found that as climate change drives faster ice loss, the region’s underwater soundscape ...

Social anxiety isn’t only psychological. New research is revealing its biological roots – and how to reset them ...

Precious metals may be escaping from the planet’s core. This hotly debated subject could help us understand Earth’s evolution and determine whether life exists elsewhere in the Universe ...

Meet the pudu, the smallest deer in the world, which looks like it has stepped straight out of a Disney animated film ...