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After waking with the feeling of a shadowy presence pressing on his chest, neuroscientist Baland Jalal went on to study sleep paralysis. He explains what this frightening condition might reveal about consciousness

The world will need to quadruple its pace on electrification to meet the target being pushed by the COP31 presidency this week, but increasingly affordable renewable energy could put the goal within reach

The literary world has long been reluctant to allow science fiction works into the starry ranks of literary fiction. Will M. John Harrison’s landmark win for The End of Everything finally change that?

A species of “web-loving bug” from China lives on a spider's web and seems to follow its arachnid host around. The insect may be too small for the spider to bother attacking

Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein says understanding neutrinos is one of the most pressing scientific issues in physics. She shares the latest neutrino discoveries that are exciting her and that could bring us new insights about the galactic centre

Carbon dioxide emissions are projected to fall 0.4 per cent this year, driven in part by higher oil prices resulting from disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz

Many are convinced that ice baths or cold showers are an effective way to speed recovery after exercise, but a study finds that cold therapy may actually have the opposite effect

When we talk about prehistoric foods, we often focus on meat or perhaps cereal grains. But columnist Michael Marshall finds that ancient humans may have dined on more insects than we previously thought

A gene called ZFX exerts powerful effects on an entire network of genes linked to autism, which may help explain why the condition is less common in females

A radical new approach suggests some of quantum theory’s most bizarre and inexplicable effects might be down to physics failing to account properly for time

Unusually large handaxes weighing up to 3 kilograms have puzzled archaeologists because they are so unwieldy, but their function may have been purely symbolic