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The planar unit distance problem is about how many equal-sized lines you can draw that connect dots on...

Hot flushes are associated with the menopause, but women actually get progressively hotter from the start of adulthood...

Tyrannosaurus rex wasn’t the only predatory dinosaur with small armsROGER HARRIS/Getty Images/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY With jaws like these,...

The plain of jars in LaosAlvov/Shutterstock The remains of at least 37 people have been found interred in...

A scanning electron micrograph of an embryonic muscle cell differentiating in to a skeletal muscle cellSTEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO...

Melting glaciers, like the one in Ilulissat Icefjord, could release vast stores of methaneGerald Wetzel, Karlsruhe Institute of...

A beach in Southampton, New York, treated with olivine sandChayenne Moreau The first trial to absorb atmospheric carbon...

You may find vocal fry irritating, but don’t automatically attribute it to womenCavan Images / Alamy If you...

Three views of the Neanderthal tooth with evidence of dental treatmentHexian Culture, Tourism and Sports Bureau, Ma’anshan A...

There is more than once kind of fieldBennekom/Alamy When we were first preparing to launch my column for...