Новости за 26.01.2026

Excavations at an opencast mine in Greece have uncovered two wooden objects more than 400,000 years old that appear to have been fashioned as tools by an unknown species of ancient human

A woman's fertility can be partly gauged by levels of a hormone that reflects how many eggs she has. Now, scientists have built a strip that changes colour according to levels of this hormone, which is present in period blood, into a menstrual pad

JWST has created a map of dark matter that is twice as good as anything we have had before, and it may help unravel some of the deepest mysteries of the universe

The way time ticks forward in our universe has long stumped physicists. Now, a new set of tools from entangled atoms to black holes promises to reveal time’s true nature

Highly efficient nanoclusters can form fuels and basic chemicals such as ethylene, ethanol and acetic acid

Solar geoengineering could halve the economic cost of climate change, but stopping it would cause temperatures to rebound sharply, leading to greater damage than unabated global warming

Degradable pacemakers and artificial neurons showcase how flexible, tissue-compatible electronics are revolutionising medicine. But translating these materials from lab bench to clinic requires solving complex structure–function relationships

Columnist Helen Thomson investigates the neurological benefits of saunas, and how heat therapy can have anti-inflammatory effects throughout the body

Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those that cause ice ages

A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

Light pollution from green hydrogen plant would have threatened world’s largest telescopes

Branches sharpened 400,000 years ago shine light on humans’ early toolmaking

Waves of molten rock could be confounding observations of atmospheres on distant planets

Deep beneath the South Pole, two seismometers will monitor the planet’s interior and the movement of Antarctic ice