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Sperm-sorting device aims to find healthy samples ...
Healthier sperm are normally selected for IVF using a centrifuge, which can damage the cells, but an...
Neolithic complex dubbed ‘Stonehenge of the North’...
Two sections of the Thornborough Henges near Ripon, UK, have been donated to the public body Histori...
Smart cladding could control whether buildings ret...
A new material changes its infrared colour when a small electric current is applied, raising the pos...
Entirely new type of ice made using extremely cold...
A new type of ice called medium-density amorphous ice has the same density as liquid water, so study...
Wormholes could magnify light by a factor of 100,0...
Wormholes, which are strange hypothetical tunnels through space-time, could act as cosmic magnifying...
Sunquakes may be caused by weird beams of electron...
Mysterious ripples in the sun’s plasma have gone unexplained for decades, but they may be caused by ...
Human neurons implanted into a rat's brain respond...
Lab-grown neurons were transplanted into the brains of rats with damaged visual cortexes. After two ...
Google AI generates musical backing tracks to acco...
An artificial intelligence called SingSong can take a recording of a person singing and create a bac...
US military plan to create huge autonomous drone s...
The AMASS project would involve thousands of drones, on the ground, in the air and in the water, wor...
Should we be worried about bird flu spreading to m...
Bird flu infections have been recorded in various mammals, including foxes and mink, but it is uncle...
Flying robot echolocates like a bat to avoid bangi...
A simple buzzer and some microphones help a drone to navigate and map out its surroundings, much lik...
Antidepressants mostly can't treat chronic pain, d...
Ongoing pain, such as chronic back or neck pain, is difficult to treat, so some doctors prescribe an...
Vikings brought horses and dogs to England, cremat...
The first physical proof that Vikings brought horses and dogs to England has been unearthed
Neanderthals hunted enormous elephants that fed 10...
Analysis of cut marks on elephant bones suggests every scrap of meat and fat was removed from the bi...
Tweets reveal hardware stores cause disgust but mo...
A study of more than 1.5 million tweets over one year suggests that people in San Francisco feel dis...
Ancient Egyptians used exotic oils from distant la...
A workshop used for mummification at Saqqara in Egypt contains remnants of the substances used to ma...
Putting solar panels in grazing fields is good for...
Sheep living in pasture with solar panels benefit from shade in hot weather and more nutritious gras...
Most of England's sewage systems are overwhelmed, ...
Figures on sewage overflows into rivers and seas in England show that 80 per cent of wastewater syst...
