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We’re getting close to creating an android that feels.
Extreme weather led to starfish mass strandings along beaches in Kent and East Yorkshire.
VR is being applied to shopping, car manufacturing and exercise – but it remains a challenge to transport humans to new worlds with an acceptable sense of presence.
But it’s too early to tell whether climate change is to blame.
Jets from supermassive black holes behave in mysterious ways. Now scientists have now worked out what’s really going on.
Prehistoric humans and their predecessors may have had a very different diet but their teeth suffered in similar ways to ours.
A clock designed to work for 10 millennia is being built – but what is the point of it?
No matter how cold it is, you’re lucky you don’t live on Venus.
New radio technology has managed to detect the first light in the universe.
Hoverflies are helping spread disease among the already declining bee population.
Machine learning isn’t reliable enough yet – and it’s short-sighted to only train this detection tech on jihadi content.
The idea that we are only kind to get ahead doesn’t seem to hold up, being nice genuinely makes us feel good.
Negative thinking may help some people manage their health.
Neanderthals, rather than modern humans, created the world’s oldest cave paintings.
A new study of ancient Botai horses turns our knowledge about wild and domestic horses on its head.
Uber, Tesla and Waymo (Google) are leapfrogging traditional car makers like Ford, VW and General Motors when it comes to self-driving cars.
There’s no magic fix in sight for the amount of energy gobbled by cryptocurrency miners – but at least the method used is relatively secure.
What might first seem unarguable starts to look shaky when you bring twins into the equation.
New research explains that dogs may have evolved to eat faeces as a way to prevent the spread of disease.
It’s a big issue for users and the industry.
Judges and juries may not appreciate the nuances of messages from online dating services used as evidence in trials.
Everything you need to know to prepare your business for changes to data protection law in the EU on May 25.
The science behind the suits that gave Britain’s medal-winning athletes a crucial speed boost.
Genetic research could help us produce new ways of diagnosing and treating depression and suicidal ideation – including a ‘death smell test’.