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Clinical trials underway after scientists in Madrid pioneer technique which hones in on woman’s optimum time for treatment

A huge primitive ocean covered one-fifth of the red planet’s surface, making it warm, wet and ideal for alien life to gain a foothold, scientists say

Breakthrough as scientists in China produce genetically modified animals that are more difficult to infect with tuberculosis

Study looking at transmission among men who have sex with men recruited 545 participants at high risk of contracting HIV

Quarks and gluons make weird slopes and shapes inside the proton. Understanding them precisely was important for the first results from Cern’s Large Hadron Collider, and continues to be so […]

Different personalities are thought to help the survival of the species because it increases the chances of at least some surviving when disaster strikes

How mathematical modelling underpins everything from the possibility of finding a partner to the number of sexual partners we have in a lifetime.

Number of extremely hot days a year has increased in hundreds of cities since the 1970s years, with frequencies peaking in the last five years

A fleeting but immensely powerful celestial signal has been “heard” live for the first time, radio astronomers in Australia have announced, bringing scientists a step closer to discovering its mysterious […]