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Significant palaeoenvironmental changes that occurred during the Quaternary, the most recent geological period, could...
An environmentally friendly coffee machine and a way to turn used coffee grounds into a new type of ink are helping to...
Research has revealed that our microbiome can fluctuate with the seasons.
A new filtration system that uses natural molecules to remove hormone-affecting chemicals from wastewater has succeeded...
There is growing evidence from scientific studies that individuals can become addicted to using social networking sites...
Glasses that translate images of physical objects into soundscapes and a belt that turns images into vibrations are...
This gene is larger than life
In the spring of 2015 my mother-in-law was dying of breast cancer. She had exhausted the usual routes of therapy...
The chemistry behind social behaviour in animals, including the bond between people and dogs – and the lack of one...
Where is the HIV vaccine? It is a fair question, is it not?
Is a cure for HIV on the horizon, and what does cure, in the context of HIV, really mean?
What do the UK-based editor of a leading technology magazine and a self-taught coder from a low-income neighbourhood in...
Did the evolutionary process towards musical abilities begin in the primeval oceans? And have Human footsteps...
Analysing regional differences in the DNA of wood and has allowed scientists to determine the location of the original...
The recent discovery of two neutron stars colliding brings us one step closer to understanding how heavier elements,...
Our Gene of the Month is in the pub already.
Television viewers could be offered adverts that are a lot more relevant and personal with the help of new technology...
Recently, emergence has been helping to explain consciousness and free will.
Mummified bodies from Egypt and the Canary Islands are having their digestive tracts tested and compared to living...
Movie directors regularly manipulate the passage of time in films to entertain their audiences, but researchers are...
Astronomers have witnessed a collision between two neutron stars for the first time, thanks to a tie-in between...
Wind speeds around the world seem to be decreasing in a phenomenon known as ‘stilling’ and European scientists are...
As most people know, all surgeries — no matter how minor — are risky for patients. Things can go wrong during the...