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Partial lunar eclipse captured in stunning images ...
On 28 October, the full moon had a red tinge for viewers in the UK, Europe, Asia and Africa, created...
You probably don't need 8 hours of sleep for a hea...
Largest analysis of brain scanning data yet suggests concerns about getting 7-to-8 hours sleep a nig...
Some insects disguise themselves as spiders to avo...
Several species of flies, moths and planthoppers look so much like their jumping spider enemies that...
Gaza's phone and internet services have completely...
Palestinian telecommunications companies say that Israeli military bombardment of Gaza has cut off n...
Food waste in US landfills produces emissions equa...
More than a third of food produced in the US goes to waste. Most of it ends up in landfills where it...
We may now know how ketamine can treat depression ...
Ketamine becomes trapped inside certain receptors in the brains of mice – and the longer it is trapp...
Home stool test detects bowel cancer with over 90 ...
A screening test for bowel cancer that looks for RNA in stools can be done at home and is almost as ...
Mouse embryos have been grown in space for the fir...
An experiment on the International Space Station suggests early embryo development isn't affected by...
The Great Sphinx of Giza may have been blown into ...
As rock is carved by the wind, it can take on a sphinx-like shape, meaning the Great Sphinx in Egypt...
Strange supernova blasts hint we have glimpsed a b...
Mysterious rhythmic bursts of light from a supernova hint that it has become a compact object like a...
Plant presumed extinct sprouts in a road after mor...
The mini galaxy plant was found flowering on a gravel road after no official sightings had been made...
Why 7 million UK smart meters will stop working an...
Household smart meters give a live summary of energy usage and its cost – but the planned switch-off...
The scariest sci-fi horror movies for Halloween, c...
From The Fly to Event Horizon, horror expert Neil McRobert is here just in time for Halloween with a...
Quantum flywheel could be fashioned from super-siz...
A flywheel helps smooth the output of mechanical energy from an engine, and now there is a blueprint...
Flatworm caught hunting and killing spider on its ...
Flatworms are slow-moving predators with poor vision, but one of them managed to attack a spider as ...
Our cells may boost their health by eating bacteri...
Viruses that infect bacteria – called phages – are abundant in our bodies, and they seem to have ben...
Fastest ever semiconductor could massively speed u...
A record-breaking superatomic semiconductor material allows particles to traverse it between 100 and...
Migraines linked to rare genetic variants that cou...
We know that migraines, which are recurrent and sometimes debilitating headaches, have some genetic ...
