The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter will circle the planet and measure minute levels of atmospheric gases.
Physicists have drawn up plans to put a living organism in two places at once in a radical demonstration of quantum theory.
Scientists in China have genetically modified human embryos that has re-ignited the debate over the ethics and safety of genetic therapies.
Scientists are finding that various parts of the human body wind down at different rates, writes Ian Sample.
An apparent gas attack in Damascus is thought to be the most significant use of chemical weapons since the gassing of Kurds 25 years ago.
There comes a time in some men’s lives when the days seem darker and the only sensible response is to blow their life savings on a sports car.
The first time Sunita Williams climbed aboard the international space station, she had with her a bib from the Boston Athletic Association.
A new study has found that cues are picked up at a subconscious level and trigger a neurological response associated with past learning.
The search for the arcane, theoretical particle known as the Higgs boson has occupied thousands of researchers for more than two decades.
Ancient inscriptions on the walls of a looted house in the Guatemalan jungle are the oldest astronomical charts known from the Mayan civilisation.
Scientists are at odds over tests that some say could be used to make a biological weapon.
<em>Jungle Book</em> author Rudyard Kipling has had his name bestowed upon the skull of the forerunner of the saltwater crocodile in England.
Nasa astronauts’ brain scans, who returned from space after a month, have shown dangerous abnormalities that could hamper future space trips.
Fossilised remains of stone age people recovered from caves in China may belong to a new species of human that survived until the dawn of agriculture.
The remains of giant Jurassic fleas that sucked the blood of ancient animals more than 100-million years ago have been discovered in Mongolia.
Scientists say it will be a breakthrough that will reduce the need for livestock farming for meat.
Although the chromosome is in mortal decline, it does not mean the demise of the human male.
Mind reading a reality but it would require your permission and the removal of the top of your skull.
Research done in mind-reading has paved the way for brain implants that could translate the thoughts of people who have lost the power of speech.
US pilot study hopes to help doctors choose better drugs and therapies.
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/ 25 November 2011
The brains of happy people are tuned to notice and enjoy the positives in life that may pass others by.
Scientists have reacted with cautious shock to results that showed that certain subatomic particles can travel faster than light.
Scientists may have caught their first glimpse of the Higgs boson, or “God particle”, which is thought to give mass to the building blocks of nature.
The ancient remains of a horned beast uncovered by fossil hunters in Montana belong to the last known dinosaur to walk the Earth.
The future of space exploration is put on ice as Nasa retires its shuttle fleet.
The success of gene therapy holds hope for the cure of other inherited life-threatening diseases.
The concept of shape might seem obscure when it comes to a subatomic particle, but the rules are the same as for everyday objects.
Scientists have grown sperm in the laboratory in a landmark study that could help preserve cancer patients’ fertility.
Fukushima plant’s radioactive core melts through vessel but there’s ‘no danger of Chernobyl-style catastrophe’.
Scientists have developed a blood analysis that tells expectant mothers whether they are carrying a child with Down’s Syndrome.
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/ 23 February 2011
Couples who struggle to have a baby may be more likely to conceive if the man takes antioxidants, scientists say.
It’s far from Harry Potter’s cloak, but scientists have found a way to hide a pin in a lump of crystal.