Science

A study by Harvard University has revealed the relationship between the consumption of processed red meat and a higher risk of cognitive decline and dementia.

Technological innovations are shifting their focus from developing ever more powerful tools to developing ever more powerful skills. In the near future, humans will have access to unimaginable “super-powers.”

Beneath the apparent calm of Antarctica lies a latent threat: a volcano that, if awakened, could reconfigure the map of the world and alter the climatic balance.

Researchers describe two new species of ancient mollusc sporting what can be described as a radical spiky hairdo.

Deep-sea scientists aim to answer two important questions - how did life begin on Earth, and can it be sustained both in, and outside, our Solar System?

The search for advanced civilizations in the Universe has captured our imagination for decades, and the detection of certain chemicals in the atmospheres of exoplanets would have implications for the search for intelligent life.

The year 2025 begins with a great astronomical event, a must for night sky observers, both professional and amateur. Here we tell you what will happen and when you can enjoy this phenomenon.

The Earth's cold poles do not coincide with the geographic poles. They are located on inhospitable and frozen plateaus, and the most surprising thing is that some of them are inhabited.

Located in a winery in Santana do Livramento, the cave holds traces of fauna that lived thousands of years ago in southern Brazil.

Without a doubt, 2024 was a productive year with many scientific advances and achievements. Progress was made in improving diagnosis, safer and more effective drugs were developed, and we learned, for example, how cancer reappears, among many other advances.

Mediterranean sharks face decline despite conservation efforts, overfishing to blame say researchers.

Do dogs forget everything quickly? New research shows how impressive the memory of our four-legged friends really is.