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Dense breast tissue can make tumours hard to spot on mammogram scans, but adding another step to this screening programme ...

After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd planetary companion ...

People with incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries showed improvements to their hand and arm movements after receiving a ...

This prototype lander is collecting ice samples here on Earth, in the hope that it might help scientists peek at the ocean ...

Why do non-alcoholic beers taste so much closer to the "real thing" than non-alcoholic wines do? And does 34 years of mostly ...

With the US in retreat from climate negotiations, China's Xi Jinping could become the next green global leader ...

Readers point to other clear materials that could be used instead of glass, from plastics to crystals, though they bring new ...

Experts make the case for food decoration as a symbolic act that's important for courtship – and show that no other animals ...

The world’s largest aircraft, called WindRunner, is being designed to carry huge wind turbine blades – but the US military is ...

Mosquitoes in the UK have been found carrying “fragments” of West Nile virus, which is probably a result of the warming ...