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Trying to conceive? Then you should look at the moon

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle December 10, 2019 By Siam Goorwich

A new study reveals vegetarians have a lower sperm count

Channel: Health Health May 20, 2015 By Jack Blocker
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People born in winter are 'less irritable'

Channel: News News May 20, 2015 By Adam Boult

Viagra may cause blindness

Channel: Health Health December 10, 2019 By Jack Blocker

Next stop, Oktoberfest! Beer may be good for your brain, study suggests

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Harry Readhead

Do you have an honest or dishonest face?

Channel: Health Health May 27, 2015 By Amy Willis

New screen will make glasses obsolete, say scientists

Channel: Tech Tech May 27, 2015 By Harry Readhead

Why is the universe so much brighter than it should be?

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Harry Readhead
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - JANUARY 06: A bottle of influenza vaccine is seen in the MinuteClinic at the CVS/pharmacy on January 6, 2014 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 2013-2014 influenza season is starting to take off in the United States, with more than half the country reporting widespread cases of flu activity, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Scientist redevelops deadly flu that killed 500,000 - but now we're defenceless against it

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Harry Readhead

Cosmic bling: Earth-sized diamond found in space

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Harry Readhead

Has the moon been lying about its age?

Channel: World World May 26, 2015 By Matt Payton
This June 2, 2014 handout provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, shows the newly discovered 'mega-Earth' Kepler-10c dominating the foreground in this artist's conception. Its sibling, the lava world Kepler-10b, is in the background. Both orbit a sunlike star. Astronomers announced June 2, 2014 that they have discovered a new type of planet -- a rocky world weighing 17 times as much as Earth. Theorists believed such a world couldn't form because anything so hefty would grab hydrogen gas as it grew and become a Jupiter-like gas giant. This planet, though, is all solids and much bigger than previously discovered 'super-Earths,' making it a 'mega-Earth.' AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT /Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics / David A. Aguilar (CfA) == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION == DAVID A. AGUILAR/AFP/Getty Images

'Mega Earth': Scientists discover giant planet that could bear life

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Harry Readhead
IN SPACE - JANUARY 6: Bright flares are visible near the event horizon of a super-massive black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way also known as Sagittarius A in this image released on January 6, 2003. The Chandra X-Ray Observatory created the image, in an exposure lasting two weeks. (Photo by NASA/CXC/MIT/F.K.Baganoff/Getty Images)

New telescopes could detect wormholes in our galaxy

Channel: Tech Tech December 10, 2019 By Harry Readhead
Embargoed to 1000 Wednesday May 7 Undated handout photo issued by Edinburgh University of an artist's impression of a new species of dinosaur, called Qianzhousaurus sinensis (right), which belonged to the same family as Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered by scientists. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday May 7, 2014. The remains of the long-snouted tyrannosaur, nicknamed Pinocchio rex, were found near the city of Ganzhou in southern China. Researchers believe the animal, which stalked the Earth more than 66 million years ago, was a fearsome carnivore that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous period. The bones were discovered by workmen on a construction site more than 12 months ago who took them to a local museum. Experts from the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and the University of Edinburgh then became involved in examining the remains. See PA story SCIENCE Tyrannosaur. Photo credit should read: Chuang Zhao/University of Edinburgh/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Meet Pinocchio rex, T.rex's fearsome relative

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Daniella Graham

Procrastinators rejoice! It's all in the genes

Channel: UK UK December 10, 2019 By Siam Goorwich
Why Zebras have their stripes: The mystery has finally been solved

Revealed: Why zebras have stripes

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Siam Goorwich
Embargoed to 2100 Thursday March 20 Undated handout photo issued by Penn State University of images of faces showing the range of variation for both sex and ancestry with European on the left, African on the right, male at the top and female at the bottom with a strand of DNA shown in the foreground, as scientists have taken the first step towards creating 'genetic mugshots' from DNA. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday March 20, 2014. See PA story SCIENCE Face. Photo credit should read: Shriver/Claes/Penn State/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Fitting face to the crime from just a drop of DNA

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Hayden Smith

Moral dilemma: Would you kill one person to save more?

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Sarah Kerr
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Dolphins 'deliberately getting high on puffer fish'

Channel: UK UK December 10, 2019 By Daniella Graham

Could printed eye cells be a cure for blindness?

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Aidan Radnedge

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