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Air passenger links between cities internationally are the most powerful determinants of disease spread, new reserach...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent that past 15 months exploring a region of the planet called Gale Crater.

Scientists have used new techniques to extract and analyse DNA from the oldest bones of human ancestors, dating from...

In a pair of papers published in the journal PNAS, two international teams of researchers have described the first full...

Dyslexia is down to a connectivity problem between different parts of the brain that decode language, scientists in...

How much energy is generating using renewables?

A means to block male fertility that doesn't involve potentially harmful hormone treatments has been unveiled...

DNA from humans ancestors alive 400,000 years ago have had their mitochondrial DNA sequenced.

When memories are recalled, the brain automatically also calls up the nerve cells storing where events took place, new...

The 2014 FIFA World Cup may have fans reaching fever pitch for reasons other than football: the event coincides with...

32 years after its discovery, we investigate the history and science of HIV/AIDS

Scientists have engineered a surface that rejects water droplets 40% faster than had been thought feasible.

A new way to spot cancerous cells speedily, by looking at their stiffness, has been developed by US scientists.

Bacteria can readily pick up and use fragments of DNA they find laying around, including old mammoth genes, scientists...

This week, the British biochemist Fred Sanger, who won two Nobel Prizes, passed away at the age of 95. We remember his...

The world record has been broken for the most satellites launched aboard a single rocket.

Because the 19th November was World Toilet Day, we investigate the science of sanitation

A surface has been designed which stays incredibly dry.

People with better memories may also be more likely to form false memories.

Chemistry data from plankton shells could boost historical climate records

A map tracking deforestation and tree replanting has been produce by Google, NASA and the University of Maryland...

A recently-discovered antimicrobial can also combat chronic, deep-rooted infections previously regarded as resistant to...

Dogs appear to be a European invention, new research has shown...

The 2013 opium harvest was the largest on record. We explore its history in Quick Fire Science