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Falling satellite will give clues to how objects b...
A chance to observe the high-speed re-entry of a falling satellite will give researchers important i...
Dark matter could be hiding inside strange failed ...
Brown dwarfs could be hiding dark matter inside their cores – if they are, there would be signs that...
Read an extract from Octavia E. Butler's Parable o...
In the opening to Octavia E. Butler's prescient science fiction novel Parable of the Sower, the late...
N.K. Jemisin on the prescience and brilliance of P...
The Hugo award-winning author explains how she finally got to grips with Octavia E. Butler's dystopi...
Potato yarn may cut the fashion industry's environ...
Thread that contains the part of a potato plant that is normally thrown away could be a sustainable ...
Plastic vaporising process could recycle bags and ...
A new process uses cheap catalysts to break down polyethylene and polypropylene into their building ...
Marmosets seem to call each other by name
Marmosets are the first non-human primates shown to use personalised signifiers to refer to each oth...
World's largest sailing cargo ship makes first tra...
The largest sailing cargo ship in existence is on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, demon...
Backflipping springtails are the fastest spinners ...
High-speed camera recordings show that springtails spin at up to 368 rotations per second when they ...
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew set to attempt the risk...
The Polaris Dawn mission will include the first ever civilian spacewalk, and with a new spacesuit an...
Fungus transforms food waste into haute cuisine
The orange mould Neurospora intermedia can grow on a wide range of waste products without producing ...
Mosquito-borne illnesses are spiking across the wo...
Climate change is extending mosquito season and helping to drive outbreaks of dengue fever, Oropouch...
How strange ice could form in the extremely hot in...
In an experiment simulating what happens deep in the interiors of planets, scientists have found tha...
Stranded ISS astronauts reveal the US space progra...
The failure of Boeing's Starliner capsule has left two astronauts stuck in space for months – but al...
Lyme disease test gives hope for a speedier diagno...
A new test spots Lyme disease faster than the existing go-to approach and, if approved, could reduce...
Is digital technology really swaying voters and un...
Many fear that voters are being manipulated by political campaigns that use Facebook ads, TikTok and...
Is ultra cheap green hydrogen on the horizon?
Hydrogen produced by splitting water with renewable energy is too expensive to take off, but a start...
How a new kind of vaccine could lead to the eradic...
Promising new vaccines are designed to be given to patients at risk of developing Alzheimer's diseas...
