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Ancient lava bubbles show old Earth’s air filled with greenhouse gases
New research contradicts the belief that the primordial world’s atmosphere was thicker and it was not able to sustain life and thrive.
Star Trek’s Mr Spock, Leonard Nimoy, dies at 83
The actor, who played the logical human-alien Mr Spock in the cult Star Trek TV series and subsequent movies, has died after battling a lung disease.
Rising CO2 levels cut nutrients in crops
A study has revealed that increasing levels of carbon dioxide could adversely affect the nutrition levels in some of our most important food crops.
Kerry on Iran deal: US officials ‘have no illusions’ about risks
US Secretary of State John Kerry has sought to reassure sceptics in the US Congress who worry that Iran might not follow through on its obligations.
Rapid acceleration in human evolution described
Human evolution has been moving at breakneck speed in the past several thousand years, far from plodding along as some scientists had thought. People today are genetically more…
Kids smarter than apes, or sometimes, anyway
It’s official: Your toddler is smarter than a chimp, at least at some things. A unique study comparing the abilities of human toddlers to chimpanzees and orangutans found that…
Aids virus weakness detected, could help vaccine
Scientists have captured an image of the Aids virus in a biological handshake with the immune cells it attacks, and said on Wednesday they hope this can help lead to a better…
HIV drugs reaching more people as Aids Day marked
About 1,2-million people in countries hard hit by HIV/Aids are receiving life-extending drugs thanks to two major United States and international funds, double from a year ago,…
Altered cottonseed could feed millions
Scientists have found a way to use the cotton plant, long a source of fibre for clothing but inedible by humans, to feed potentially half a billion people a year. Plant…
US finds no radiation in initial North Korea air sample
Initial tests of air samples taken by United States planes near North Korea found no evidence of radiation, but the US is not ready to declare that Pyongyang did not detonate a…
Rumsfeld favours US military command for Africa
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Friday he favours creating a new United States military command responsible for Africa, as the Pentagon aims to guard against potential…