Since the second world war, US economic prosperity and major technological developments have hinged upon the government’s ...

On the 22nd July 2028 there will be an impressively long total solar eclipse visible right across the middle of Australia ...

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The rise of large language models like ChatGPT that can churn out computer code has led to a new term - vibe coding - for ...

Masaki Kashiwara has won the 2025 Abel prize, seen by some as the Nobel of mathematics, for his contributions to algebraic ...

The race is under way to make faster, cheaper and better GLP-1 drugs that will go beyond reducing obesity levels to treating ...

Anecdotal reports suggest drugs like Ozempic may curb not just appetite but also impulsive or addictive behaviour, hinting at ...

In the past year, treatments such as Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound have become household names. But there are many questions ...

After 34 years of searching, astronomers have finally confirmed Neptune has auroras, thanks to data from the James Webb Space ...