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An artificial neural network can conjure up realistic-looking but imagined photographs on demand -and the results are quite bizarre

The chikungunya virus usually causes fever and severe pain, but it may also lead to brain inflammation and even death, a new study shows.

The world's most powerful accelerator, the 27 km long Large Hadron Collider (LHC) operating at CERN in Geneva established collisions between lead nuclei, this morning, at the highest energies ever. The LHC has been colli...

The death of a Liberian teen from Ebola raises a lot of questions.

An empty spider web isn't a mystery; it's a clue.

As the world's leaders prepare for the most important UN climate summit in 20 years, we ask if such meetings and their outcomes actually make a difference

A flatworm can regenerate its head and brain in the shape of those in other planarian species, researchers have found. Here are images of the bizarre creatures and the experiment that revealed this odd shape-changing abi...

As the world's leaders prepare for the most important UN climate summit in 20 years, we ask if such meetings and their outcomes actually make a difference

An international team of researchers has predicted the existence of a new type of particle called the type-II Weyl fermion in metallic materials. When subjected to a magnetic field, the materials containing the particle ...

A strange buzzing sound made during the singing mating ritual of an African finch is in fact a tap dance so fast it is invisible to the human eye

Amazonian women have three fewer children if they are infected with hookworms, but those afflicted by roundworms have two more

A protein that helps bones mend also transforms pancreatic cells into insulin powerhouses - providing hope for a treatment for type 1 diabetes

The rocket firm owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has just announced a successful test and historic landing of its New Shepard rocket

Scientists have grown vocal cords using human cells, which make voice-like sounds when placed in dog throats

The first-ever record of this tool-wielding behaviour shows the monkeys risking it all for an egg treat hidden deep inside the predator's nest.

The LISA Pathfinder mission is the first step towards a gravitational wave observatory in space, which promises to revolutionise astronomy

Computer scientists are building tools to help us understand where our personal information goes online, stepping up the battle for privacy

Blowhole tragedy; CubeSat boom; the Angelina Jolie effect and more

Its mineral eyes work just like ours and help the creature see predators - but how its small brains process its rock-hard vision is still a mystery

A technique that subverts the rules of genetic inheritance could stop mosquitoes from carrying malaria, but may not be tried in wild for 15 years

Genetically modified bacteria are scheduled to launch on a satellite in 2017 to test whether we can use them to make food for long space missions

A rare insight into wild parrots in parts of their native range in Africa shows steep declines thought to be caused by pet trade and felling trees