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The Soviets were the first to send a man into space, so why are so many Russian spacecraft failing since?

Do planes need better cyber security? Ethical hacker Chris Roberts hacked an aeroplane engine - in flight - and...

How does selective hearing really work?

Content curation and news filtering by Facebook leads to ideological biases in the information presented to users...

How do bats avoid mid-air collisions? With a simple set of rules, new research reveals...

A revolutionary form of 3D-printing has been unveiled by researchers in the US.

New high-speed video of young praying mantises leaping reveals how they manage to land cleanly every time.

Miniature atom-sized holes inside diamonds can dramatically alter the colour of the crystal, a new super-powerful...

A trial to pick up the presence of Parkinson's Disease using chemicals in exhaled air has launched in Cambridge.

Human languages tend to have more happy words than sad ones...

Scientists have caught a glimpse of the underside of a tectonic plate...

Exposure to screens is affecting teenagers' sleep patterns...

Do birds in flight weigh more, less or the same than they do at rest?

People switch on genes with their thoughts using a system developed by Swiss scientists.

Disease outbreaks can be predicted 28 days in advance, using the viewing figures of Wikipedia pages, new research has...

Google to expand search reach to inside the human body.

Robots can now climb sand hills by using the motion of a sidewinder snake, says new research.

Detect intergalactic particles using only your smartphone, using the new DECO app.

The development of a pedometer-like collar for mountain lions gives us an insight into their behaviour and the...

Taking inspiration (and also proteins) from mussels and engineering them into bacteria, we can make a super-strong glue...

Low-cost production of hydrogen from water using solar energy has been unveiled by Swiss scientists this week

Use your chatterbox co-workers to power the entire office's electronics...

Tattoos could be a new form of human battery...

People are quick to judge, as researchers identify facial features that people associate with personality traits in a...