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This year, why not welcome the shadowy side of winter with an ancient ritual or two?

Fantastically expensive and hard to handle, the substance holds the key to a holy grail of science. And experts at Cern now know how to transport it ...

In some ways it's not really about the chewing, Philippa Perry suggests ...

A lot of talent is wasted in a world where more than half of laureates come from households in the richest 5%

A new exhibition at Oxford's Bodleian Libraries examines the enduring appeal of divination ...

Experts say increasing law from 14 days could lead to breakthroughs in understand of miscarriages ...

Study finds increased risk of fatal complications for patients from every minority ethnic background after donor stem cell transplant ...

US space agency chief says astronauts still on schedule to make landing 'well ahead' of China's lunar voyage ...

Hunting bigger, more experienced animals eradicates memories and knowledge crucial to group survival, research suggests ...

Ian Sample speaks to colorectal surgeon and researcher, James Kinross, about the miraculous world of our gut microbiome, how modern life is impacting it, and what we can do to look after it ...