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The story of triplets who were unwitting subjects in a research study incites outrage, but the researchers were constrained by regulations we now see as wrong

Climate change attribution researchers have shown that record-breaking heat in France was made at least five times more likely by global warming

The light from a pair of stars about 360 light years away dimmed and brightened again 28 times in three months and astronomers have no explanation

AIs don't think like children, but if they made a common assumption that children use whilst learning a language they would become better faster

Satellite data shows that between 2014 and 2017 sea ice extent in the southern hemisphere suffered unprecedented annual decreases, outpacing Arctic losses

The Mexican city of Guadalajara was hit by an unusual storm that left cars buried beneath 2 metres of hail – but we can’t say that climate change is responsible

Despite all the talk and target setting, emissions from existing and planned fossil fuel energy infrastructure will take the world well past the 1.5°C mark, unless we shut them down

After the interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua flew through our solar system in 2017, some researchers speculated it might be an alien ship - it’s very likely not

Anti-vaccination views are often spread on YouTube, but new research suggests the site has begun to get a handle on its vaccine disinformation problem

Many people who say they would never compromise their security, such as by giving personal details to a pop-up ad, still fall into traps

A recently discovered bioelectrical current could be turned against itself to switch off and kill cancer cells

An infectious and potentially lethal fungal disease has affected more than 600 people in New York city – the biggest outbreak in the US so far

A heatwave has hit Europe. France has recorded its highest ever temperature at 45.1°C and a wildfire is raging in Spain after a pile of chicken dung caught fire

An exoplanet 22.5 light years away that orbits in a system with three stars has the perfect conditions for us to search its atmosphere for signs of alien life

Withholding aid from clinics that offer abortion services leads to a rise in terminations – perhaps because the clinics often provide contraception services too

The two remaining towers of Italy’s Morandi bridge have been destroyed with explosives, but the lethal collapse in 2018 still has not been fully explained

Previous attempts at DNA storage have encoded data in the genetic code, but an alternative approach just uses a series of tiny holes

Impossible Foods' plant-based burgers will soon be cheaper than beef ones, steaks are coming, and the company will never sell out, says CEO Patrick Brown

The Dragonfly mission, a quadcopter that will flit around Saturn’s hazy moon Titan to look for evidence of life, has been selected by NASA to launch in 2026

For the second time, astronomers have tracked a strange blast of radio waves from space to its host galaxy – and it is strangely different from the first one