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The human face remains found in Spain that could rewrite pre-history

The discovery is particularly important as it places the arrival of the first populations in Europe before the 'Homo antecessors', whose remains date back approximately 860,000 years. It is a key piece in understanding the evolution of humans on the continent.

14/03/2025

Health news

Commission playing catch up with US, China in life science sector

Gene therapies, multi-country clinical trials, and AI-driven personalised medicine are some of the priorities the EU executive is working on for the upcoming Life science strategy, according to details shared with member states.

05/03/2025

Nature

How drones could help artificial reefs in Cyprus attract sea life

The drones can stay underwater for as long as a month at a time, providing continuous data and “protecting” the reefs.

25/02/2025

Health news

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists point to a specific gene

The findings could someday help identify and treat speech-related problems, researchers said.

21/02/2025

Climate

How Trump’s first month in office has decimated US climate action

Trump is ‘erasing climate action’ within federal agencies and giving the green light to big polluters.

20/02/2025

Food and Drink

Here’s the scientifically proven cure for hangovers this Christmas

Celebrations. Parties. Booze-heavy meals. Christmas is often a time of over-indulgence... But you don’t need to worry, as the ideal, lifesaving, and science based hangover cure is only five ingredients away.

21/12/2024

Nature

27 new species discovered in Peruvian rainforest

Finding four new mammals on just one expedition is rare and ‘exhilarating’ for dedicated conservationists.

20/12/2024

Tech News

The underground detector in China hoping to solve mystery of universe

Scientists believe neutrinos, or "ghost particles" as they've been called, could have helped write the earliest rules of matter.

18/12/2024

Europe News

'Don't mess with the sun's rays,' EU scientists warn

Amid growing frustration over the slow pace of global action to limit greenhouse gas emissions, attention is turning to geoengineering to reflect sunlight away from the planet – but scientists warn that such tinkering could have dramatic and unpredictable side effects.

09/12/2024

Football Now

The latest medical advancements for treating football injuries

In partnership with Media City

The leading physiotherapy and sports science experts gathered at the Aspetar International Rehabilitation Conference in Doha.

05/12/2024

USA

The monkeys that science has experimented on for over a century

Few can fail to sympathise with the dozens of Rhesus macaques that made a break from captivity in a Carolina medical laboratory on Saturday.

10/11/2024

Cinema

Scientific study proves which horror movie is the scariest of all time

The ranking was determined by a study monitoring audience's heart rates and BPM increases while watching horror films. But does this metric equate to "scariest"? Debatable.

24/10/2024

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Everything is not as it seems at Stockholm's Paradox Museum

The museum is full of interactive optical illusions, designed to get visitors to question what they see.

14/10/2024

Tech News

Is AI physics or chemistry? Nobel Prize wins spark debate

The Nobel Prize announcements this week heavily featured the use of AI, which has ignited discussion over traditional sciences.

12/10/2024

Lifestyle

Science meets fashion: How Uniqlo is changing Europe's high street

From its compact viral bum bag to its high-tech heat vests, Uniqlo is a prominent player on Europe’s high streets. As the Japanese firm celebrates its 40th anniversary, how is science setting the brand apart from other competitors?

02/10/2024

Culture news

Behind the scenes of France’s first maths museum

As the Paris Mathematics Museum turns one, Euronews Culture speaks to two of its main organisers about the unusual process that led to France’s first maths museum.

27/09/2024

Health news

Prostate cancer is 'overdiagnosed' in Europe, new study warns

While incidence rates can differ by up to 20-fold across countries, mortality only varied by about five times, a new study found.

11/09/2024

Tech News

Researchers have created an 'AI scientist'. Here's what it can do

Researchers at Sakana.AI, a Tokyo-based company, have worked on developing a large language model (LLM) designed specifically for scientific research.

07/09/2024

Space

NASA Perseverance rover finds rock with signs of possible life on Mars

To conduct a thorough analysis, the rock needs to be brought back to Earth, a process unlikely to occur before the 2030s.

07/08/2024

Europe News

Healing through innovation: Using artificial skin for wound recovery

The Virgen del Rocío Hospital in Seville is the first in Spain to use artificial human skin for rapid and effective wound healing in severe burns.

05/08/2024