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Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'
Historical museum specimens have helped to solve a long standing scientific monkey puzzle. Click…
Student finds mystery pterosaur in Cambridgeshire fossils
Roy Smith made his “exciting” discovery while trawling through wrongly-identified shark fossils. Click here…
Rock mining with microbes may aid space explorers
UK scientists show how astronauts on the Moon or Mars could one day mine for metals…
Hurricane season: Record number of named Atlantic storms
Theta is the 29th Atlantic storm this hurricane season and another system is forming in the…
Two-million-year-old skull of human 'cousin' unearthed
The fossil from a large-toothed species helps shed more light on how humans evolved, researchers say. …
Joe Biden: How the president-elect plans to tackle climate change
What will a Joe Biden presidency mean for the global battle against rising temperatures? …
'Mutant coronavirus' seen before on mink farms, say scientists
The coronavirus mutation found in farmed mink in Denmark has arisen in the past, genetic data…
Eve Online video game helps scientists understand Covid-19
Gamers have completed 47 million mini-game tasks amounting to 36 years categorising cells. Click…
Virgin Hyperloop pod transport tests first passenger journey
The “sci-fi” travel concept involves travelling in pods inside vacuum tubes at very high speeds. …