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Category: Science
Tardigrades could survive interstellar travel in extrem...
The microscopic organisms have previously survived exposure to the vacuum of space and are able to hibernate using just 0.01 per c...
Why has Facebook changed its name to Meta and what is t...
Facebook has rebranded itself as Meta in an attempt to own the metaverse, a concept for a 3D version of the internet that a number...
US Army will test most powerful laser weapon ever built...
Lasers are currently used to shoot down small drones, but a more powerful weapon could take on larger targets
Covid-19 news: Fully vaccinated can still get covid-19 ...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
RRS Sir David Attenborough and Boaty McBoatFace visit L...
A research vessel named after the naturalist and broadcaster has visited London - carrying with it a submersible mischievously nam...
Dogs can pick out individual words when we speak to the...
Infants are able to identify individual words in continuous speech, even if they can't understand them – and now it seems dogs can...
Physicists fail to find mysterious 'sterile neutrino' p...
After decades of looking, physicists are no closer to discovering theorised particles that could help solve ongoing problems in ph...
Australia has had zero measles in 2021 due to covid-19 ...
Many countries have seen sharp falls in the number of measles cases as a result of covid-19 controls, but the pandemic has also in...
Eat less meat and fly less to help climate, says Patric...
The UK's chief scientist has said that both green technology and behavioural changes will be needed to tackle climate change