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Pits dotted across the surface of comet 67P-Churyumov-Gerasimenko point to a hollow interior, according to new data...

The way by which we form new memories of real-life events has been uncovered for the first time...

Fossils of a primitive turtle, thought to be the missing link in the evolution of the modern-day turtle, have been...

The missing link in the pathway that endows poppies with the ability to make morphine has been found by scientists in...

The cause of tinnitus - the distracting whoosing and grinding sounds experienced by up to 1 in 4 people - has been...

Some Australian marsupials, including kangaroos and wallabies, show signs of left handedness, a new study has shown...

Replaying positive emotional memories in the minds of mice reverses depression symptoms, scientists have discovered...

As big as a golf ball seen from 10 million km away, scientists have weighed the smallest planet yet discovered orbiting...

Evaporating water can be used as an energy source to generate electricity using bacterial spores found in soil.

The Philae lander, deployed onto the surface of comet 67-P-Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, has begun to to send back...

TV show the Big Bang Theory centres around the lives of scientists, but what science are they actually doing?

Chimps have a fondness for beer and barbecuing, just like humans...

Scientists in the US have developed a new brain implant that can be used to record information from nerve cells.

The remains of blood cells and fibrous tissues have been found preserved in a collection of dinosaur fossils by UK...

Commonly-used stomach ulcer drugs could increase your heart attack risk by up to 25%, a new study has shown.

Batteries that can stretch up to 150% their original size could revolutionise the design of wearable technology...

Creating a virtual reality in which stroke patients have full use of their limbs has been shown to greatly improve...

By applying designs from nature to engineering problems, your heating bills could be reduced as nature-inspired designs...

We’ve infiltrated the ranks of our immune system’s intelligence army to control how we fight disease…

Ladybird colour reveals to predators how toxic they are…

Chimpanzees possess all of the required cognitive abilities for cooking, announces a new study from Harvard University.

A sequencing machine installed in a Sierra Leone tent is distributing virus data freely to the world and revealing how...

How the unfertilised egg wipes the DNA slate clean and reboots the genome to kick-start cell division following...

Every virus infection you have ever contracted can now be detected by a new test developed by US scientists.