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Placebos have been studied more than any treatment in the history of medicine, yet they remain mysterious. I’ve been studying...

For over a decade, the Post Office and its supplier, Fujitsu, insisted that the Horizon system used in its branches...

In 1954, the Guardian’s science correspondent reported on “electronic brains”, which had a form of memory that could let them...

The year 2023 will be remembered as turbulent for cryptocurrencies, with numerous important developments that ultimately helped to “clean up”...

We don’t want to give you the wrong idea: things are bad. Antarctic ice sheets are melting, the fossil fuel...

In the 1960 western The Magnificent Seven, a group of seven gunfighters protect a village from bandits. Only three survive...

While it may seem glib to repeat the notion of a new cold war, winter 2023-2024 has brought with it...

Conservative MP Scott Benton has become the latest British politician to face suspension for breaking lobbying rules in what is...

The outcome of Serbia’s parliamentary elections on December 17 will have profound implications for peace in Europe. Though somewhat obscured...

It’s now almost inevitable that 2023 will be the warmest year ever recorded by humans, probably the warmest for at...