Before the Romans captured Pompeii, the famous town was run by the Samnite people – and a dip in their public baths might have been an unpleasant experience

For decades, researchers have focused on the problem of overgrazing, in which expanding herds of cattle and other livestock degrade grasslands, steppes and desert plains. But a new global study rev... Read more For decades, researchers have focused on the problem of overgrazing, in which expanding herds of cattle and other livestock degrade grasslands, steppes and desert plains. But a new global study reveals that in large regions of the world, livestock numbers are substantially declining, not growing—a process the authors call destocking. Show less

Chercheur et entrepreneur britannique, Demis Hassabis a fondé DeepMind avec l'objectif de développer la première intelligence artificielle générale, faisant ainsi faire un bond de géant aux techniq... Read more Chercheur et entrepreneur britannique, Demis Hassabis a fondé DeepMind avec l'objectif de développer la première intelligence artificielle générale, faisant ainsi faire un bond de géant aux techniques d'apprentissage automatique. Show less

The fault beneath Istanbul doesn't behave the way scientists once thought.

The idea of cows grazing in a pasture seems idyllic. We asked experts how their emissions stack up compared to factory farms.

This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a jet of gas from a forming star shooting across the dark expanse. The bright pink and green patches running diagonally through the image are HH ... Read more This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a jet of gas from a forming star shooting across the dark expanse. The bright pink and green patches running diagonally through the image are HH 80/81, a pair of Herbig-Haro (HH) objects previously observed by Hubble in 1995. The patch to the upper left is part of HH 81, and the bottom streak is part of HH 80. Show less

FOOTBALL fans have sensationally claimed the FA Cup fourth round draw was RIGGED after some favourable ties were handed to the Premier League big boys. Top of the tree Arsenal were handed a clash h... Read more FOOTBALL fans have sensationally claimed the FA Cup fourth round draw was RIGGED after some favourable ties were handed to the Premier League big boys. Top of the tree Arsenal were handed a clash hosting League One Wigan, while Chelsea will pay a visit to Liam Rosenior's former club Hull and Manchester City will take... Show less

Virtual Telescope Project's 3I/ATLAS image reveals new details of the third interstellar comet, reshaping scientific views on its structure, behaviour, and the mysteries of extrasolar visitors.

A collaboration between Stuart Parkin's group at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle (Saale) and Claudia Felser's group at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of S... Read more A collaboration between Stuart Parkin's group at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle (Saale) and Claudia Felser's group at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden has realized a fundamentally new way to control quantum particles in solids. Writing in Nature, the researchers report the experimental demonstration of a chiral fermionic valve—a device that spatially separates quantum particles of opposite chirality using quantum geometry alone, without magnetic fields or magnetic materials. Show less

A new 'distraction' law has gone into effect, banning more than one million American students from using cellphones during certain times.