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El Niño was linked to famines in Europe in the early modern period
El Niño events led to crop failures in some parts of Europe and raised grain prices elsewhere Public Domain The
Gargantuan black hole may be a remnant from the dawn of the universe
Primordial black holes are hypothesised to have formed shortly after the big bang Shutterstock/Mohd. Afuza An unusually massive black hole
Physicists stirred up controversy with scientific cooking tips in 2025
A smooth cacio e pepe pasta sauce can be hard to achieve Brent Hofacker/Alamy Scientists’ new recipes for a classic
Mathematicians spent 2025 exploring the edge of mathematics
When numbers get large, things get weird Jezper / Alamy In 2025, the edges of mathematics came a little more
More than 100 moons were discovered in our own solar system in 2025
Uranus’s new moon, S/2025 U1, was spotted using the James Webb Space Telescope NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/M. El Moutamid (SwRI)/M. Hedman (University of
Putting data centres in space isn’t going to happen any time soon
Starcloud wants to build a data centre satellite that is 4 kilometres by 4 kilometres Starcloud Could AI’s insatiable thirst
Sitting by a window may improve blood sugar levels for type 2 diabetes
Here’s another reason to fight for a window seat: it may help regulate your blood sugar levels Anton Dios/Shutterstock Many
How green hydrogen could power industries from steel-making to farming
Green hydrogen has many possible uses Bernat Armangue/Associated Press/Alamy Hydrogen, the most abundant element, gives off energy when combined with
Mars may once have had a much larger moon
The Gale crater on Mars ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy A Mars crater may have once contained water that sloshed back and
The surprising longevity lessons from the world’s oldest animal
DGDImages / Alamy Stock Photo I was wondering, as I began working on this story, whether to eat my subject