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Recoding their proteins may help octopuses adjust to temperature changes D.J. Schuessler Jr/Shutterstock Octopuses can adapt to changes in temperature

Quantum computers could be built that are based on sound CVI Textures / Alamy Stock Photo A crucial building block

Further research is required, but taurine supplements could have potential in prolonging people’s longevity photo_gonzo/Alamy We lose levels of the

Aftermath of Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu Dave Hunt-Pool/Getty Images THIS time next year, you may be living in the same house,

Illustration of an early eukaryote that evolved in the sea – although we don’t know what these organisms looked like

Sorting algorithms are a vital part of computing BEST-BACKGROUNDS/Shutterstock An algorithm used trillions of times a day around the world

Smoke from wildfires in Canada has descended onto cities such as New York REUTERS/Amr Alfiky TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

WHAT colour is the letter A? It is a question Nicholas Root often asks the volunteers he has recruited for

Mechanisms in the brain help us pick out speech in a crowd Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University (2023) We now have

American crocodiles can reproduce asexually Dasa Petraskova/Shutterstock A fully formed crocodile fetus has been found in an egg laid by