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For many years now, the activity of the Sun's 11-year solar cycle has been gauged through visible indications like sunspots, solar activity, magnetic fields, and radio waves. Yet according to recent findings by the Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network (BiSON), there could actually be an underlying solar signal forming in the depths of the Sun.

What appears to be an ordinary cemetery in upstate New York has turned out to be home to one of the most remarkable pollinator discoveries in recent years. Researchers from Cornell University have found an estimated 5.5 million mining bees living beneath East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York.

Scientists have found that one of humanity's most familiar social habits may have much deeper evolutionary roots than anyone realised.

Scientists have achieved a remarkable feat by enabling mouse eyes to perform part of the photosynthetic process using specially designed eye drops derived from spinach leaves. The experimental treatment, developed by researchers at the National University of Singapore, was created to combat dry eye disease, a condition that affects millions of people worldwide.

In April, Russia's Deputy Minister of Science, Denis Sekirinsky, stated that scientists are developing gene therapies capable of slowing down the ageing process within the body's cells.

Ancient stone tools recovered from North Carolina and South Carolina are reshaping archaeologists' understanding of Ice Age hunting in eastern North America. While examining 120 Paleoamerican stone tools, scientists found clear signs of a link between people and extinct megafauna in the form of protein residues and use-wear traces preserved on the tools thousands of years ago.

In 2018, a walk along a track on Norfolk Island led to a discovery that quietly reshaped part of Pacific history. An amateur citizen scientist observed what appeared to be a stone lying along one walking track in the Norfolk Island National Park.

Researchers say the newly identified Tylosaurus rex was one of the largest and most dangerous marine predators of the Cretaceous Period.

Scientists reveal that crickets, farmed in billions for food, exhibit behaviors suggesting they may feel pain.

During the early 1960s, a group of scientists gathered near a laboratory workbench to observe a bent metal. After applying heat to the folded strip, the scientists observed an unbelievable process - it returned to its original shape on heating, a rapid demonstration that surprised observers.