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Scientists at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant say that radioactive material was stolen by looters during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

A unique lumpy landscape on Pluto was probably built up via ice seeping up from its surprisingly warm interior that has created volcanoes as large as those on Earth – and that cryovolcanism could continue to this day

The DNA of people who lived in Great Britain thousands of years ago has markers of natural selection at work – and the driving force seems to have been a shortage of vitamin D

The cost of heating UK homes using traditional technology is rising this week – making green options like solar panels and heat pumps a more affordable alternative

The cost of heating UK homes using traditional technology is rising this week – making green options like solar panels and heat pumps a more affordable alternative

Stress-linked changes in the activity of genes may be why Black people in the US often have worse chronic pain than white people

A US company has deleted the genes for the allergy-causing protein in cat cells as a first step towards creating cats that don't trigger allergies

A device made from glass microbeads could offer 100 times more processing power than other DNA computers

Squids' stretchy skin changes colour in response to varying light levels, inspiring scientists to create a plastic that changes its heat absorption when stretched

A tiny snake-like animal that lived about 308 million years ago had evolved to lose its forelimbs

People with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, a genetic condition that causes widespread skin blistering, have been successfully treated by inserting new collagen genes into their skin

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The Cambrian animals preserved at the Chengjiang fossil site in China lived in a shallow sea close to a river delta – a changeable environment that might have driven rapid evolution

Genes lost during vampire bats’ evolution may have helped them to adapt to their exclusive blood diet which is high in iron and fluid and low in calories

The European Union is close to agreeing the Digital Markets Act, which would require big tech firms to open up their services to wider competition

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Coral have turned white across all four of the reef’s main areas, with the north and centre of the world heritage site worst hit in the natural wonder's 6th mass bleaching event

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union came up with a new way to classify planets that famously saw Pluto downgraded. Now a new row has started as astronomers try to define exoplanets

Delivering low-amplitude, high-frequency ultrasound waves could fragment a kidney stone more quickly than existing high-amplitude, low-frequency treatments

Infrared images of ostrich necks show that they help the birds keep their heads cool in warm temperatures, lowering their heat stress and helping them reproduce more successfully