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Astronomers studying enigmatic grooves on the surface of Mars have uncovered secrets about the planet's historic...

New research pinpoints the favourite breeding spots of west Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Gulf of Mexico spelling both...

A new fossil study reveals that the ancient ancestors of octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish have been swimming through...

Scientists have found that testosterone undermines the way women trust other individuals, protecting them from...

Scientists have found a way to switch off the bitter after-taste associated with artificial sweetners...

Cells lining blood vessels in the brain can grab clots and other obstructions and dump them outside the vessel to...

Scientists have shown that the corkscrew-like shape of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is critical to the ability of...

Scientists have found that they can peer into the brain - to diagnose Alzheimer's disease - by looking into the...

Scientists have discovered a new way for stars to kill themselves, perhaps also explaining where the calcium in our...

Scientists at the Craig Venter Institute have created the world's first synthetic genome and used it to...

Researchers in Japan have discovered that the key to killing MRSA may lie with one of its own relatives -...

An international team of scientists, writing in the journal PNAS this week, have found a way to reactivate dormant egg...

Researchers at Michigan State University have made a discovery that could help turn the burning bush into the saviour...

Scientists have identified why Tibetans living at high altitudes have evolved ten unique genes to help them to tolerate...

Scientists have discovered a key gene that can block brain cell death and could therefore provide a new way to halt the...

Scientists have discovered how to coax stem cells to become hair cells, the structures that turn soundwaves into...

Scientists have found that cultivating pest-resistant GM crop strains can paradoxically create a whole new breed of...

This week a group of researchers from California have been able to spot the moment at which your brain recognises a...

Researchers have found the chemicals that make mice scared stiff if they smell a predator, such as a cat, rat or snake...

Scientists in Cambridge studying the brains of problem gamblers have found that these individuals react much more...

Something which has always tantalised many people ranging from surveillance agencies to the more dubious parts of...

The recently-launched Herschel space telescope has revealed a new way in which massive stars might form - at points...

New work led by Cancer Research UK researchers have discovered why some cancers may be resistant to chemotherapy and...

This week has seen the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome, which helps to answer some puzzles - did humans and...