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The symptoms of a metal allergy can vary in severity, but why do they happen?

Amazon's latest plan to use drones to deliver packages in the UK by the end of 2024 is essentially a relaunch. It was 10 years ago that the company's founder Jeff Bezos first announced it would fly individual packages th...

Researchers have unearthed the genetic connection between the heart and brain related to fainting spells. By viewing the heart as a sensory organ sending signals to the brain, they revealed insights into the neural conne...

Researchers discovered the activity of genes in the fetal intestine, brain, and placenta is influenced by the microbes in the mother's body. In a study comparing normal mice with germ-free mice in sterile environments, s...

Ganymede, one of the largest moons in the solar system, possesses a salty subsurface ocean that may contain organic compounds, new research finds.

Researchers reveal a surprising early phase in Alzheimer's disease development: a metabolic boost in the hippocampus. Studying mice resembling human Alzheimer's pathology, they observed increased mitochondrial metabolism...

The birth of spatiotemporal mode-locking (STML) can date back to the report of Wright and colleagues in 2017. Following this breakthrough, research on STML has thrived. However, our comprehension and control of spatiotem...

The skeleton of a middle-aged man who died between 1450 and 1620 was found with a prosthetic hand still attached to his left arm, which replaced four fingers he likely lost through amputation.

The Mars Sample Return mission aims to retrieve samples of Martian rock and soil to look for signs of life - but a rethink is needed to ensure Earth's biosecurity, says Paul Marks

From Brazil to the Netherlands, motorway builders are starting to take wildlife into account, but the effort must be global. Ben Goldfarb's beautifully crafted Crossings is a wake-up call

Covid-19 sick days were 20 per cent lower in schools with air-cleaning HEPA filter machines, researchers on an eagerly-awaited study have found. But why has it taken so long to discover how well they work, asks Clare Wil...

From Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface to the first US spacewalk by Ed White, Tim Peake updates the story of "ordinary people doing extraordinary jobs"

The strongest winds from Storm Ciaran are expected to hit south England on the morning of 2 November, and the storm may set a record for the lowest air pressure recorded in 200 years

Tall 10-year-olds may be more at risk of developing an irregular heart rate in later life than their shorter counterparts, but less at risk of having a stroke

A spike in wildfires across the globe is stalling and even reversing improvements on air pollution, raising the risk of lung, heart and neurological problems

Footage filmed 1,225 feet beneath the ocean surface shows a goosefish strolling along the seafloor before tuning its bulbous head and bulging eyes straight at the camera.

There's a huge 34% discount on the UMAY Fitness Walking Pad, with three speed settings, a built-in LED display, and a suspension system for at-home exercise.

Scientists say they've discovered CBD in a shrub that belongs to the same family as cannabis, although they've yet to publish the research.

Scientists on a 30-day expedition off the coast of Ecuador have mapped two coral reefs and two seamounts more than 1,000 feet beneath the ocean surface.

Two strange, high-density blobs buried more than a kilometre underground may have come from the ancient world Theia, which is thought to have slammed into Earth to create the moon

Mystery blobs in Earth's mantle may be chunks of a Mars-sized space rock that crashed into our planet 4.5 billion years ago, scientists discover.

Gene expression patterns in starfish reveal a surprising answer to the question of how they evolved their unusual body shape