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Radiation in space could lead to cognitive decline.
Broadcast anything, anywhere is the new mantra of Periscope, Meerkat, Livestream and others.
Cloud computing has the potential to predict earthquakes based on animal behaviour.
Russian space vessel Progress M-27M is falling towards Earth but what risk does it pose?
Ensuring it’s adults that must process their adult emotions - and not children stumbling across them through pornography - is the adult thing to do.
Legal moves against Google are a major step, with implications that will stretch across the industry.
Making science ‘sexy’ leads us to keep looking in the wrong place for the things science could do for us.
A recent court ruling paved the way for the card game bridge to be classified as a sport. But don’t rely on the judge’s understanding of biology.
Discovery of underground brine in Antarctica could inform our search for life in space.
Near-Earth orbits are filled with useful satellites, and also flying junk. If we’re not careful they may collide - literally.
Significant moves were being made to increase safety from earthquakes in Nepal – that work must go on.
It’s urgent that we turn our attention to a high definition space telescope that will allow us to directly image exoplanets.
Artificial intelligence is the future, but are computers ready to take a seat at the board?
Nepal may have had a well-known history of earthquakes but predicting when and where a major seismic event will strike is an ongoing challenge.
A dinosaur that looks like a bizarre mix of dinosaurs that it is not related to has been discovered in Southern Chile.
Ground-based telescopes are getting bigger and better while still being cheaper than space telescopes. But the vital scientific contributions made by Hubble demonstrates why we need both.
Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have pledged to do as much as retain the current level of funding in their manifestos, despite their enthusiastic comments about science in the UK.
Twitter is as famous for its trolls as for its usefulness. Will its new anti-abuse measures turn the tide?
After ten years in space NASA probe will get up close and personal with Mercury a final time.
After a slow start, Hubble’s ultraviolet vision changed the face of astronomy.
Two big eruptions have caused pyroclastic flows and high-altitude ash clouds over South America.
Ever felt depressed just from scrolling through Facebook? This might be why.
Earthquake analysis could help us understand the deep structure of volcanoes.
An unremarkable speck in the sky was transformed into an unique astronomical object – and Hubble was there to capture it.