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The heat comes as Arctic sea ice has settled at its 10th lowest winter maximum on record, at just under 15 million square kilometres

Eating lettuce containing a hormone that boosts bone formation might help astronauts from losing bone mass in space – and might even help treat osteoporosis on Earth too

A plant-based extract could be a non-toxic and sustainable alternative to polyacrylamide for removing microplastic pollution from water

Fluctuations in Earth’s magnetic field that repeat every seven years can be used to probe the inner workings of our planet

Black holes may not destroy all information about what they were originally made of, according to a new set of quantum calculations, which would solve a major physics paradox first described by Stephen Hawking

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Nematode worms can distinguish between the molecules released by healthy and cancerous cells, and could one day be used in a cancer-detection system

In an analysis of nearly 30,000 websites, 94.7 per cent had at least one potential violation of European laws requiring users' consent to store their data

Known for their long legs and striking bright pink feathers, a flamingo's diet has a big impact on their colour.

Ozone levels above the mid-southern hemisphere dropped 13 per cent after Australia’s worst fires on record due to chemical reactions triggered by the smoke

A thin material sent nerve-like signals to an alloy fibre in an artificial eye model, causing the eye's pupil to dilate and contract in response to varying light levels, which could one day help treat certain visual impairments

The relatively high intelligence of octopuses may be due in part to high numbers of microRNAs that could let them generate more types of neurons

Science minister George Freeman says he will not write a cheque for pioneering plans to beam energy down from a solar array in orbit but the UK government will offer its support

The final draft of legislation designed to protect people from "harmful content" online goes before Parliament today, but critics warn it is likely to have unintended negative consequences

NASA’s planned successor to the Hubble Space Telescope

The brain’s visual cortex may be reorganised to control movement in people who cannot see

Robotic legs that mimic flightless running birds like emus and use just two motors per leg can run more efficiently than more complex devices

A crucial phase of mirror alignment has been completed for the James Webb Space Telescope, and the process resulted in the highest resolution infrared image ever taken from space

A pattern recognition algorithm scoured 6850 accounts of people’s experiences with 27 drugs to learn more about how they alter consciousness

The threats of cyberwarfare and online disinformation loom over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but even in this online age, war is still life or death for those in the firing line