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Category: Science
Ancient Mars lake had fast-moving floods that carried h...
Mars used to have flowing water, which filled Jezero Crater with an enormous lake. Images of cliff faces taken by NASA’s Persevera...
Circadian clock made from scratch to probe how biologic...
Circadian clocks help living things keep time, and one has now been assembled from scratch in the lab to find out more about how t...
Rocks gathered by Chang'e 5 rover show magma once spewe...
Lunar samples brought back to Earth by the Chang’e 5 spacecraft seem to be less than 2 billion years old, meaning the moon had vol...
Team of underground rescue robots wins $2 million DARPA...
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded $2 million to a team of quadruped and flying robots capable of explor...
Covid-19 news: Past covid-19 infection boosts protectio...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Hares with failed snow camouflage still manage to avoid...
Snowshoe hares turn white in autumn to blend into their snowy environment – but surprisingly, they thrive even when the snow doesn...
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has found two odd pairs ...
The New Horizons spacecraft has found two pairs of unusually close asteroids in a region of the solar system called the Kuiper bel...
Some ancient giant ground sloths dined on meat
Ground sloths are often depicted as herbivorous giants of the ice age, but a fresh analysis suggests a 3-metre-long species that o...
World's first malaria vaccine approved for use in child...
The WHO has approved the first vaccine against malaria in the world, for use in children in sub-Saharan Africa
Massage gun for mice shows how pummelling tissue boosts...
Massage really does help damaged muscles heal, because pummelling the tissue clears it of immune cells that interfere with tissue ...
Flying robot can also ride a skateboard and balance on ...
A versatile robot inspired by birds can walk, balance on a slackline, skateboard and even fly – a mix of skills that could be usef...
Drug treatment for Lyme disease could lead to its eradi...
Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness that is becoming more common in many countries, could be eradicated using a drug that kills the...