Beneath a low rectangular platform in Mexico's Yucatán peninsula, archaeologists found two carefully arranged offerings: deer bones, gourd-shaped pottery, a fragment of marine shell, and a small ...

The thawing of permafrost is often described as a ticking time bomb for the climate. A new study now suggests that methane release and the reactivation of trapped organic matter may not be the only ...

Deep brain stimulation is already used in conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and some forms of epilepsy. In depression, results have historically been mixed, and several high-profile trials have ...

Dr Philip J. Landrigan, a paediatrician and epidemiologist at Boston College, described the discovery as a ‘breakthrough that raises a series of urgent questions’. Among the most pressing is how to ...

Human species have appeared in many different sizes throughout human evolution. But a team of researchers has recently identified what may be the smallest yet. Newly analysed fossils suggest that ...

Getting enough sleep isn’t just about comfort. It’s a fundamental pillar of good health. In fact, the American Heart Association (AHA) includes sleep in its Life’s Essential 8 framework, alongside ...

On May 16, 2025, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation released an action plan targeting breakthroughs in more than 50 core metrology technologies by 2030. The plan sets out to establish ...

The Lyrids run from April 16 to 25, peaking in the predawn hours of April 22. Debris from Comet Thatcher, a long period comet that won’t return until 2276, burns up at roughly 30 miles per second as ...

A British study has highlighted a striking reality about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, more widely known as ADHD. Researchers have found that people living with the condition may have a ...

The mystery surrounding the Crew-11 mission’s early return in January is finally becoming clearer. For the first time, the astronaut at the centre of the situation has spoken publicly. While he has ...

As a technology journalist and editor at Futura, Sylvain covers a wide spectrum of topics—cybersecurity, the rise of electric vehicles, drones, space science and emerging technologies. Every day he ...

The Yamagata team visited roughly a quarter of the AI’s candidate locations during the 2022-2023 field season. The remaining 968 sites have not yet been assessed. Based on the confirmed success rate, ...