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More than 10 per cent of couples worldwide are infertile, and some of them turn to in vitro fertilisation or IVF, in...

Tears are traditionally judged to be a visual display of emotion, and humans, it's claimed, are the only species...

Despite their suave appeal, convertible cars could have to carry a health warning owing to the threat they pose to the...

In case you were thinking of shunning turkey for Christmas dinner this year and chowing down on hamburgers, researchers...

New research from the traditional home of the fondue examines what drink it best to have with your cheesy treat...

Scientists working on data from the Cassini mission have found what looks like an ice volcano on Titan

Scientists working on data from the SORCE mission have found that the sun changes through it's solar cycle...

NASA's Voyager 1 mission has travelled so far from our Sun, it no longer experiences the stream of charged...

Galaxy Zoo - the project that uses the barinpower of it's users to identify interesting aspects in photographs of...

The discovery of bacteria that appear to thrive on toxic arsenic may have implications for our understanding of the...

Iron-loving elements like gold and cobolt are found in Earth's crust at greater concentrations that would be...

Gamma Ray Bursts are some of the most energetic events in the universe - but only around half of them are associated...

Does owning a lightweight carbon fibre bike cut down your commuting time? Contrary to expectations, a trial carried out...

A new instrument aboard the SWIFT orbiting telescope has shed new light on the cause of "dark" gamma ray...

The strategies uesd by falcons may be useful for glider pilots and unmanned air vehicles

An American entrepreneur launches a cheese into space

Observations made by the Keck telescope in Hawaii have confirmed a fourth planet orbiting a nearby star but have thrown...

A new database could help to establish how bees see flowers, helping researchers understand more about bees, one of the...

A new extra high density ultracapacitor has been built with a similar energy density to batteries.

Saturn’s rings may have originated from a satellite that was stripped of its surface ice when it moved perilously close...

Scientists have discovered that they can switch off chronic pain by wiping out the brain's memory for the event...

For many years scientists have known that carrying intestinal parasites seems to reduce the risks of inflammatory...

Researchers in Nashville have found that the season in which mice are born can dramatically affect how their body...

Researchers in Buenos Aires and Nashville have come one step closer to finding out why it is that those members of a...