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Category: Science
Apollo 17 rock sample hints the moon cooled faster than...
A rock sample collected from the moon during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 has been re-examined, and the results suggest the lunar...
Hormone replacement therapy doesn't increase risk of dy...
A study of 300,000 people shows that HRT for menopause symptoms doesn't increase the risk of early death, helping to overturn outd...
Fix the Planet newsletter: The tide is turning for sea ...
Once eclipsed by wind and solar, £20 million worth of UK government subsidies mean tidal power may finally begin to make waves
Covid-19 news: UK will see large wave of omicron, scien...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Plants prioritise keeping their flowers cool during hot...
Under heat and water stress, plants sacrifice their leaves to keep their sexual organs cool – a strategy that we could harness to ...
Will New Zealand's smoking ban plan work if it ignores ...
Outlawing the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2013 and mandating low-nicotine cigarettes for others will help New Zealand ...
Hackers could sabotage 4D printed objects to cause mali...
Attackers could gain access to printers and manipulate designs of parts such as aircraft propellers in ways that are difficult to ...
Turkeys with pale plumage are more fearful than dark-fe...
Domesticated turkeys in Nigeria come in a variety of colours, and those with lavender-coloured feathers are more fearful than blac...
Why won't the West embrace Russia’s highly effective co...
Scepticism in Western countries around Russia’s vaccine reflects politics not science – the Sputnik V vaccine has the highest prot...
Will paused Cambo oil plans mark the decline of North S...
Investors have pulled out of a project to drill the Cambo oil field in the UK North Sea. Does this mark the end of new oil and gas...
Watch a robot playing table tennis after just 90 minute...
A robot arm controlled by an algorithm can play table tennis against human players after a short training session using both a vir...
Babies bond better with strangers when they can smell t...
Maternal body odour signals to babies that they can safely build relationships with other adults, a trait that may have evolved so...