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Human DNA can be extracted from the 'cement' head lice used to glue their eggs to hairs thousands of years ago, scientists have found, which could provide an…

Virgin Media has revealed some new details about its upcoming rival to Sky Glass. The company has already teased its new set-top box on a number of…

Pluto’s dark side has come into dim view, thanks to the light of the dwarf planet’s moon. When NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in…

Credit: Shutterstock Suddenly and inexplicably, Facebook,…

The ConversationAug 19, 2021 14:15:37 ISTIn the world’s high mountain regions, life needs ice. From the Rockies to the Himalayas, glaciers and other…

A study of the Ophiuchus star-forming complex has offered new insights into the conditions in which our own solar system was born.The findings of the study…

Your desk is made up of individual, distinct atoms, but from far away its surface appears smooth. This simple idea is at the core of all our models of the…

In July 1967, at the height of the Cold War, American satellites that had been launched to look for Soviet nuclear weapons tests found something wholly…

When driving up to a busy intersection, you probably pay more attention to where you will be in the near future than where you are at that moment. After all,…

Imagine a dust particle in a storm cloud, and you can get an idea of a neutron's insignificance compared to the magnitude of the molecule it inhabits. But…