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The discovery of stars with their outer layers of hydrogen stripped by companions fills a glaring hole in our understanding of supernovas and binary systems with colliding neutron stars.

In 2004, Hwang Woo-suk was celebrated for his breakthrough discovery creating cloned human embryos, and his work was published in the prestigious journal Science. But the discovery was too good to be true; Dr. Hwang had fabricated the data. Science publicly retracted the article and assembled a team to investigate…

Study key step in demonstrating that molecules can be viable platform for quantum science

In this week’s science newsletter, Arkatapa Basu, writes on Diel Vertical Migration and its role in carbon sequestration?

Katie Hampson's 15-year study of rabies in Tanzania reveals individual dog behaviour plays a key role in its endemic nature. Through contact tracing, brain samples, and modelling, researchers found that rabies spreads locally, with few "super-spreader" dogs, and that vaccination is the only effective way to prevent it. Culling was…

The Hindu’s Science quiz on wellness in the digital age.

The cat family has an amazing array of eye colors stemming from one unusual ancestor.

Scientists studying the birds in Antarctica have found they snooze for 11 hours a day without falling deeply asleep

The more than 3,000-year-old site along a riverbank in Serbia contains the footprints of dozens of Bronze Age structures.

Researchers recently detected an "ultra-high-energy" cosmic ray, which is the most powerful since the famous "Oh My God" particle was detected in 1991. They have no idea where it came from.

The Californian company OpenAI has announced the return of co-founder Sam Altman to its helm, just days after his shock dismissal. The rift with OpenAI's board reflects a fundamental difference of opinion over the development of AI (artificial intelligence), as our Science and tech editor Julia Sieger explains.