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The light of a trillion suns: Euclid has discovered the oldest quasars in the Universe
22:00, 06.07.2026

Euclid has discovered the oldest quasars

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Mykola Potyka
A baby the size of a macaroni has changed our understanding of vertebrate evolution
21:00, 06.07.2026

Fossils dating back 309 million years have cast doubt on the ‘frog’ model of evolution

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Mykola Potyka
Tianwen-2 reached asteroid 2016 HO3 after a 400-day journey
19:00, 06.07.2026

Chinese probe reaches asteroid after a 1 billion-kilometre chase

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Mykola Potyka
The skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus rex ‘Gus’ is to be put up for auction at Sotheby’s
20:00, 05.07.2026

A Tyrannosaurus skeleton is to be put up for auction at Sotheby’s

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Mykola Potyka
A song as a password: scientists have discovered how birds recognise their own species
18:00, 05.07.2026

What prevents birds from interbreeding with other species?

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Mykola Potyka
A new species of deep-sea ‘ghost shark’ has been discovered in Costa Rica
17:30, 05.07.2026

A new species of ‘ghost shark’ has been discovered off the coast of Costa Rica

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Mykola Potyka
The Liliput Effect: why global warming is making marine animals smaller
16:30, 05.07.2026

Why do animals become smaller in warm oceans?

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Mykola Potyka
Spider venom proved to be harmful to mites, but not to bees
20:00, 04.07.2026

Spider venom could be used as a weapon against the mite that kills bees

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Mykola Potyka
Scientists have discovered what the first inhabitants of the Americas ate
18:00, 04.07.2026

The first inhabitants of the Americas may have crossed two continents by hunting giants

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Mykola Potyka
Scientists have observed a worrying dependence of dolphins on trawlers
23:00, 03.07.2026

Dolphins are increasingly feeding near fishing boats — and that’s a bad sign

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Mykola Potyka
Scientists have found an unusual explanation for the intelligence of octopuses
22:00, 03.07.2026

Why do octopuses have such large brains?

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Mykola Potyka
A 518-million-year-old fossil has shed light on the origin of spider fangs
20:00, 03.07.2026

An ancient marine predator has helped explain where spiders’ fangs come from

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Mykola Potyka
The super-Earth GJ 3378 b has become an interesting target in the search for life
19:00, 03.07.2026

A planet has been discovered 25 light-years from Earth, where the search for life will begin

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Mykola Potyka
CT scans have shown that the crocodile’s brain has remained virtually unchanged over millions of years of evolution
23:00, 30.06.2026

The crocodile’s brain has remained virtually unchanged for 100 million years

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Mykola Potyka
Scientists have found a new way to detect solar storms in advance
22:32, 30.06.2026

Scientists are getting closer to being able to predict solar storms more accurately

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Mykola Potyka
Antarctica’s first dinosaur has turned out to be a titanosaur
19:00, 30.06.2026

Scientists have described the first dinosaur found in Antarctica

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Mykola Potyka
Swiss glaciers have shrunk
23:00, 29.06.2026

Switzerland has marked ‘Glacier Loss Day’: what does this mean?

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Mykola Potyka
NASA is set to pay $30 million to save an old space telescope
20:00, 29.06.2026

NASA is trying to prevent the Swift telescope from crashing into Earth

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Mykola Potyka
Scientists have linked the melting of the Pine Island Glacier to human activity
19:00, 29.06.2026

Humans have accelerated the melting of one of Antarctica’s most important glaciers

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Mykola Potyka
The giant Megalodon shark grew to 24 metres: scientists have confirmed its size
18:27, 29.06.2026

Scientists have confirmed the size of the megalodon: the ancient shark grew to 24 metres

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Mykola Potyka
NASA has shown how El Niño is intensifying in the Pacific Ocean
23:00, 24.06.2026

El Niño has begun

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Mykola Potyka
A ‘quantum rim’ has been discovered around black holes
22:00, 24.06.2026

Physicists have described the invisible edge of a black hole

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Mykola Potyka
An asteroid struck the young Earth 3 billion years ago
21:00, 24.06.2026

Traces of the earliest asteroid impact on Earth have been found in Australia

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Mykola Potyka
The Earth will remain green for longer than scientists had thought
19:00, 24.06.2026

When all plants on Earth have disappeared

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Mykola Potyka
Titan and Pluto share the same chemical mystery
20:00, 23.06.2026

A mysterious signal has been detected from the surface of Titan and Pluto

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Mykola Potyka
Nordic walking helped people with depression in five weeks
23:00, 22.06.2026

Nordic walking helped to reduce symptoms of depression

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Mykola Potyka
A new hyperparasitic fungus has been discovered in the jungles of Borneo that attacks a ‘zombie fungus’ inside a dead insect
20:00, 22.06.2026

The ‘zombie mushroom’ has an enemy

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Mykola Potyka

Latest news

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16.07.26

Traces of water heated to 300 degrees have been found near the “Lost City”

22:00
16.07.26

An antidote to one of the most potent marine venoms has been found in frogs

21:00
16.07.26

Scientists have described, for the first time, the young of a fish that lived 152 million years ago

20:00
16.07.26

DNA dating back up to 50,000 years has been found in Africa

19:00
16.07.26

Traces of an ancient salty world were found in a meteorite that crashed through the roof of a house

18:00
16.07.26

Scientists have discovered how Tyrannosaurus rex hatchlings were born

23:00
15.07.26

Who lived in Europe’s last pagan state? The answer surprised the scientists

21:00
15.07.26

Scientists have discovered a hidden mechanism behind the choice of friends

20:00
15.07.26

A dangerous fungus has almost wiped out the toads. Some have learnt to survive

19:00
15.07.26

Elephants can communicate through the ground. Scientists have now worked out how

18:00
15.07.26

The Prediction of ‘Trumpism’ in Robert Silverberg’s Novel *Hawksbill Station*

08:59
15.07.26

The UN has reported a sharp rise in the number of Ukrainian civilians killed as a result of the war

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