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The genetics behind sporting ability are getting more complicated all the time - so don’t waste your money on online tests.
Racce horses are getting faster and faster but nobody knows why.
A lack of fossils has made it impossibe to trace the origin and early evolution of turtles - until now.
The attitudes of the technologically adept are changing society in what amounts to a silent technological conspiracy.
Black holes may not be the ferocious killers they are made out to be, suggests study.
California case highlights the potential negative impact of technological progress.
By comparing satellite images of Mars with mud flows on Earth, we managed to find signs of recent running water on the red planet.
While greater data protection in Europe seems inevitable, the eventual form it takes is still up for grabs.
The science behind an Italian doctor’s plans to give a man a whole new body might be advanced, but philosophers have been asking what makes a person for centuries.
The great grandfather of one of Europe’s earliest modern humans had sex with Neanderthals.
When what Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt intended as an after dinner speech was made public he suffered the consequences, as have several others before him.
Why human fathers are worth celebrating.
Should ‘think of the children’ ever come to the point of spying on teenagers?
Astronomers have spotted the earliest known stars in the universe, belonging to a class of chemically pure stars that may never have been seen before.
3D printing robots are to create a new bridge in Amsterdam - would you walk on it?
New data shows fitness monitoring devices such as Fitbit can support and empower women. But it also revealed a world of control and guilt.
When it comes to choosing locations, the leaders of baboon packs take a step back.
A genomic sequencing study suggesting that the 9,000-year old skeleton dubbed “Kennewick Man” was Native American will intensify a 20-year-old dispute about what should happen to the remains.
We can give robots smiling mouths but until we can put emotion into their eyes as well we’re better off with less human-looking designs.
Facebook, Google, Space X are heading to the stars to bring internet down to Earth – whether you want it or not.
A study has shown that it is possible to lift rats out of depression by reactivating happy memories. But could it work in humans?
Scientists have discovered a huge, elongated cloud of dust over the moon, caused by high-speed bombardment by particles from comets.
There’s a lot more to palaeontology than just dinosaurs, as these incredible lifeforms demonstrate.
Those in charge of the Human Brain Project are right to accept that building an artificial brain is easier said than done.