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The brain basis of the human tendency to always look on the bright side has been revealed by new research.

Eunuchs live up to 19 years longer than intact males...

This week has seen planetary scientists gathering in Madrid for the European Planetary Science Congress, and several...

Male DNA, almost certainly left over from a male foetus, has been found lurking in women’s brains, according to...

A study of over-75 year olds has shown a positive link between sociability, physical activity and longevity...

Can we be subconciously guided to making healthier choices?

The drill bits which the Curiosity rover will use to examine Martian rocks may be contaminated with Earth life.

A new form of backwards printing has been developed with a very high resolution

Scientists have found a simple way to disassociate feelings of fear from the memory of a fearful situation, with...

Two organisms in the process of merging to form an endosymbiotic relationship has been spotted by biologists in the US.

In a giant leap for technology, scientists have doubled the electricity-producing efficiency of the thermoelectric...

Scientists have produced the first comprehensive map of the gene activity in every single part of the healthy human...

A superhydrophobic layer repels water from hot metal and prevents it boiling...

Five genes have been linked to key facial features, with potential future uses in forensic science...

Embryonic stem cells have been used to restore hearing in animals...

A paper published this week in the Astrophysical Journal suggests that up to 90% of supernova explosions go unseen by...

The multiple knocks to the head that NFL players receive during their careers may increase their chance of death from...

What do aeroplanes, airships, rockets, guns and gas pipes have in common? They could all help to cool the Earth by...

Soojin Yi and her colleagues at Georgia Tech may have found an explanation for why humans are so different from chimps...

A new study in the journal Current Biology shows how sea lampreys get round the problem of controlling when and where...

Writing in the journal Developmental Cell this month, researchers led by Dr Anne Voss and Dr Tim Thomas at the Walter...

Scientists led by Dr Vardhman Rakyan at Queen Mary, University of London, have shown that purified DNA from Guthrie...

More than 400 scientists from 32 research institutes around the world have published the most comprehensive analysis of...