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Far from being cute kitties, sabre-toothed tigers were lethal hunters, roaming North and South American until around 10...

Scientists have identified a series of genetic markers capable of predicting, with 77% certainty, who will live to more...

A large study of older men has shown that screening for prostate cancer can halve the mortality rate from the disease.

In a breakthrough that could aid in the discovery of a raft of new respiratory treatments, scientists have used...

Astronomers have been looking to distant galaxies for clues on closing the gap on estimates for the mass of the...

Psychologists have shown that the way things feel to the touch affect the way we feel about other people!

Scientists have discovered that plants are far less passive than we first thought and can integrate information to help...

Scientists have taken steps towards solving a thirty-year oceanographic puzzle, with the discovery that microscopic...

Birds living in colder climates evolved smaller beaks than their fair-weather cousins to help keep them warmer, a new...

In a first of its kind experiment, US-based scientists have re-grown a functioning lung that could be successfully...

A new type of blast-proof curtain that gets thicker, not thinner, when stretched is being developed to provide better...

Scientists internationally have successfully measured the diameter and brightness of an object 6 billion kilometres...

Researchers in Philadelphia have found that there is a difference at the molecular level between how male and female...

Scientists have found a way to use gene therapy to combat HIV infection.

Scientists monitoring pigs in Hong Kong have spotted human H1N1 swine flu rearranging its genes.

Research has shown that one of the deadliest strains of malaria travelled with early humans as they left Africa and...

Collecting mosquito saliva in honey can help to track the pathogens they carry, according to researchers in Australia...

Sharks are known for their ability to follow a scent in the water to their next meal – and now researchers in Florida...

Now new research from scientists in Cardiff, funded by the charities Cancer Research UK and Leukaemia & Lymphoma...

It's the Homer Simpson dilemma – is it more important to eat or to sleep? New research sheds light on the genetic...

A large UK-based study has confirmed that not cleaning your teeth is a significant risk factor for having a heart...

Transplanting coral fragments broken off by storms could be a simple, cheap, and effective way of restoring small areas...

Animals pass-on practical knowledge and learning to their counterparts, researchers have proved this week...

New archaeological evidence suggests human ancestors gave up their vegetarian diet and began feasting on land and...