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After two years of protests, SeaWorld has announced it is phasing out its killer whale show in San Diego, with...

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Imagine you're a honeybee and you're in trouble. You're hungry and tired, and thousands of your bee pals are about to...

If you’ve ever had the feeling your brain’s just not working as fast as it could be, you might want...

If you’re a woman working in an office, chances are you’re at least as educated, if not more so, than...

Darkness is a growing risk factor for women being attacked in refugee camps across Europe as we head into winter....

Psychotherapy isn’t as effective at treating depression as published clinical trials suggest, and thanks to a bias in scientific publishing,...

If you’ve always wanted to tinker with DNA and grow your own glowing bacteria, you might want to head over...

In classic ‘80s science fiction film Back to the Future Part II, Marty McFly travels 30 years into the future...

In 2011, the earth shook in Japan – and with it shook the world’s confidence in the safety of nuclear...

Love them or hate them, dummies are used by millions of parents worldwide to calm their babies. But new research...

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GPs may soon be able to test their patients’ genes to decide whether to prescribe antibiotics, tackling a key problem...