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3,500-year-old skeletons challenge what scientists thought they knew about syphilis
Ancient remains from Vietnam suggest diseases like yaws may have been passed from mother to child thousands of years ago, a form of transmis
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Astronomy superfan, 11, shares tips for watching solar eclipse
Efan Dafydd's love of the cosmos continued to grow after meeting his hero, astronaut Tim Peake.
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When and where in the West Country to see the solar eclipse
The UK's biggest solar eclipse since 1999 arrives today. Here's where to see it safely in the West Country.
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The adult brain can repair itself better than scientists thought
The adult brain may be far better at repairing itself than scientists once believed. In mice, researchers discovered a special group of supp
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Scientists turn sheep’s wool into a material that helps regrow bone
Keratin extracted from sheep’s wool helped damaged bone regenerate in animals, producing tissue that was more organized and structurally sim
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Halting the march of the African armyworm: a natural cure offers hope to farmers
South African scientist’s breakthrough research shows soil fungus could be used in fight against devastating crop pestHearing about fields f
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Heard about the ‘luteal uglies’? Women know more about our hormones than ever – and that’s beautiful | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
When I was younger, female biology was seen as something to be overcome. Now we can talk about the reality of living in our bodiesHave you g
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James Webb captures a cosmic lion sculpted by a dying star
James Webb has captured a striking new infrared view of NGC 2392, the Lion Nebula, revealing the dramatic aftermath of a dying Sun-like star
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A strange crystal made of electrons just revealed its hidden motion
Physicists have found a new way to peer inside one of matter’s most elusive quantum states: the Wigner crystal, where electrons stop behavin
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Best places to see partial solar eclipse across England
Some parts of England could see up to 96 per cent of the moon covering the sun on 12 August.
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Solar eclipse and the island of Ireland: The weather forecast and all you need to know
Skywatchers are set to witness two major celestial events next week, with a deep partial solar eclipse followed by the peak of the Perseid m
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Scientists find evidence for two origins of life on Earth
Scientists probing life’s deepest origins have uncovered evidence that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice. The
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‘A mouse can’t tell us what works’: UK scientists to grow miniature human organs for drug testing
Organoids and tissues grown from human cells promise more accurate results, with £20m Cambridge project to create standardised modelsMiniatu
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We’re reading less. And it’s making us stupid
Books have never been trendier, but studies show that as more and more things compete for our frazzled attention spans, we’re reading less a
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Dogs can tell fear from sadness — and scientists saw it in their brains
Dogs may understand our emotions more deeply than scientists realized. Brain scans show that happy human faces activate regions in dogs link
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‘Real mummy’s curse’: health warning over growing trade in mummified human remains
Academic paper says often illicit trade exposes enthusiasts – and postal workers handling items – to serious risksA growing global trade in
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MIT neuroscientists discover the brain can reason without words
MIT neuroscientists have found striking evidence that language and logical reasoning are powered by separate systems in the brain. Even peop
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“Cannot be explained” – New super steel stuns scientists
Scientists have created an unusually corrosion-resistant stainless steel that could replace costly titanium components used to produce green
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King Harold may have lost England by backing the wrong pope
A forgotten fragment of a lost papal letter is offering a surprising new explanation for the Norman Conquest. England may have backed the wr
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How to safely watch the solar eclipse
On August 12, the moon will pass in front of the sun, completely obscuring it in a solar eclipse. According to Nasa, parts of Greenland, Ice
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Black holes older than the Big Bang could explain dark matter
Some black holes roaming the Universe today may actually be older than the Big Bang. A new cosmic “bounce” model suggests the Universe expan
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150-million-year-old dinosaur footprints reveal something strange about its walk
A spectacular 150-million-year-old trail of more than 130 footprints captures a giant sauropod making a complete loop before continuing on i
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The great silence: why haven’t we found any aliens yet?
Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. So where are they?• The
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We’re reading less. And it’s making us stupid – podcast
Books have never been trendier, but studies show that as more and more things compete for our frazzled attention spans, we’re reading less a
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