The longest prime number ever has been discovered and it really is ridiculously huge

The whopping great number was chanced upon by a 51-year-old engineer in Tennessee.

January 08, 2018 at 2:45pm GMT

What dreams are made of: Scientists mine sleep’s mysteries

Autism, science, the universe and everything in between: Anne Hailes

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Global study on depression identifies new genetic risk factors

World’s largest proteins study ‘invaluable’ for understanding disease – experts

Scientists probe secrets of Earth’s climate past