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By tracing when variations in the human genome first appeared, researchers have found that advances in cognitive abilities may have led to our vulnerability to mental illness ...

A beautifully preserved skeleton found on the UK's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of the marine reptiles known as ichthyosaurs ...

Redwing, a robotic submarine about the size of a surfboard, is embarking on a five-year journey that will follow the famed explorer Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world ...

People with irritable bowel syndrome are often only given treatments like cognitive behavioural therapy after others have failed, but research suggests this approach is more effective than we thought ...

The longevity of naked mole rats may partly be due to them having a variant of a key protein that boosts DNA repair - a discovery that could help extend our own lives ...

Short pulses of light that impart rotation on a material's atoms can be used to switch a property called ferroaxiality, which could let us build very stable and efficient memory devices ...

A woman's fertility declines with age, which is often attributed to a fall in egg number and quality, but the environment of the ovaries themselves may also be responsible ...

Despite public promises by many fossil fuel firms that they are investing in the green transition, it turns out that they have made little contribution to the growth of renewable energy ...

The skeleton of King Richard III, which was found beneath a car park more than a decade ago, has well-preserved teeth, allowing scientists to sequence his oral microbiome ...

The first ever transplantation of a pig's liver into a living person helps us better understand how animal organs can be used to prolong, or even save, lives ...