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Immortal stars could live forever by 'eating' dark...
A computer simulation of stars near the centre of our galaxy offers an explanation for their mysteri...
Your chance of having a boy or girl may not be 50/...
We commonly think that sperm determines the sex of a child, depending on whether it carries an X or ...
Exposure to microplastic makes animals want to eat...
Over multiple generations, small nematode worms began preferring microplastic-contaminated food over...
Ranching and farming have eroded almost all the so...
Grazing livestock and farming over the past 4000 years have rapidly accelerated the rate of soil los...
Laws of quantum physics may rule out a universe th...
Instead of the big bang, some physicists have suggested that our universe may have come from a big b...
Obesity may come in 11 different types, each with ...
Obesity could exist in many forms, which may benefit from different treatments and prevention strate...
Is it time to aim for 1.7°C as the new limit for g...
With the world on the cusp of passing 1.5°C of warming, scientists are turning their attention to de...
Little red dot galaxies have now been found in our...
Small, compact galaxies seen in the early universe have puzzled astronomers – finding these unusual ...
AI demand could drive up US electricity bills – ev...
A rush to build more energy infrastructure is driven in part by inflated estimates of US data centre...
The world is losing major ground in the fight agai...
A wave of anti-vaccine sentiment has spurred measles outbreaks around the world, and could lead to o...
Billions of phones can detect and warn about nearb...
Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that ...
Genetically tailored microbes could tweak our micr...
Researchers have genetically engineered gut microbes to absorb compounds that contribute to kidney s...
UK online safety law is going to change the way we...
The UK's Online Safety Act is intended to stop children from accessing pornography online, but its p...
Neanderthal groups had their own local food cultur...
A comparison of cut marks on bones reveals that Neanderthal groups living fairly close to each other...
Children conceived using mitochondria from a donor...
Eight children who were at risk of serious genetic conditions have hit all of their developmental mi...
Why we urgently need to talk about geoengineering
The idea that we might attempt large-scale experiments to cool the planet is horrifying to some, but...
Rare images capture snow leopard cubs in their den...
Snow leopard cubs have been photographed in Mongolia - the first time researchers have visited one o...
Simple device can produce water, oxygen and fuel f...
Using samples collected by the Chinese Chang’e 5 mission, researchers have discovered a new way to r...
