Cleaning silver cutlery with aluminium foil: Tarnished silver cutlery can be cleaned quickly without scrubbing. This method ...

Nanoplastics appeared in more than half of the Antarctic topsoil sites tested, and some were also found deeper underground.

Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic ...

After decades of hints and speculation, scientists have at last unveiled the hidden companion to the iconic star Betelgeuse ...

In 2005, researchers followed the air through your nose, and were amazed by what they found; the human nose is more complex ...

The origin of life has fascinated humanity throughout history. Myths, religions and philosophies have all sought to explain ...

Scientists traced a mysterious surge of low-energy gamma rays from zinc-70 to magnetic changes occurring inside its nucleus.

The age-old mystery of whether the chicken or the egg came first may finally have a definitive answer — and the truth goes back much further than anyone might expect. Scientists have uncovered ...

Research suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to more papers, but they will be less refined.

Plastic recycling could become far more effective thanks to a new technique that restores the strength of damaged engineering ...

The search for water on the Moon may soon take a major leap forward, not by drilling into the surface, but by listening to ...

An 11-year-old schoolgirl from Oviedo, Florida, has created a simple tool to help farmers save water during dry weather.