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Carbon monoxide in Uranus's deep atmosphere indicates that the planet contains more ice than rock, suggesting it formed more ...

We already know the vaccine against human papillomavirus, or HPV, greatly reduces infections and cases of cervical cancer, ...

As the sun expands over the coming billions of years, Earth will become inhospitable to any life more complex than a microbe ...

The disruption of your gut microbiome is a major consequence, and possible cause, of ageing. Columnist Graham Lawton looks ...

Putting brain cells into a hibernation-like state via drugs that cool down core body temperature may help to preserve them ...

A study of 140,000 people suggests that a broadening of the diagnostic criteria for autism and ADHD explains the sharp rise ...

Scientists have long grappled with how to measure the effect of social media on children. Now, the UK government has ...

Archaeologists have discovered traces of a wooden structure built 5000 years ago, 5 kilometres from Stonehenge, which appears ...

Quantum computing firm QuEra says it plans to make a fault-tolerant quantum computer and offer it to users through the cloud ...