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Several countries now offer at-home vaginal swabs to detect HPV status in place of traditional cervical cancer screening, but urine tests seem to work just as well ...

Eczema can be very distressing for children - and now it seems that its roots may at least partly lie in their mothers experiencing high levels of stress during pregnancy ...

People used to experience an "unhappiness hump" around midlife, but declining youth mental health may mean that is no longer the case ...

A fossil discovered in Patagonia shows a 3.5-metre-long reptile from the late Cretaceous with large, serrated teeth capable of slicing through muscle ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explores the advances that meant an optical telescope with an effective mirror size of 3000 km could be built on the moon ...

We are happy to inject synthetic substances into our faces in ever-increasing amounts, but reluctant to eat plant-based or cultivated fake meats. This inconsistent attitude has implications for sustainability, says Sophie Attwood ...

Why did Christianity grow from a niche sect to a religion followed by billions? Michael Marshall explores Alice Roberts's latest book Domination ...

The new book "Gemini and Mercury Remastered" features iconic images from the earliest days of human space exploration ...

Sky watchers are in for a treat next month, says Abigail Beall, when there is a total lunar eclipse visible in much of the world ...

Feedback is alerted by a reader to the latest effort to create a quantum computer that can factorise extremely large numbers, and discovers an abrupt shift to K9 tech ...