US President Trump has proposed a Golden Dome defence system that includes missile interceptors in space. But the idea would ...

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A quantum computer with a million qubits would be able to crack the vital RSA encryption algorithm, and while such machines ...

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The weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is boosting the sea level along the New England coast ...

A huge tsunami hit a cliff in Tonga 7000 years ago and carried a 1200-tonne boulder 200 metres inland, making it the biggest ...

Despite a huge media fanfare in which Colossal Biosciences claimed to have resurrected the extinct dire wolf, the company's ...

The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such early galaxies is puzzling ...

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Nanoparticle-infused contact lenses can transform infrared radiation into different colours of visible light, potentially ...