When and where Nile crocodiles attack

The Nile crocodile is Africa’s largest, and most widely distributed, crocodile. It can be found in…

Birds of a feather flock together to keep their options open, say scientists

Why did you choose your job? Or where you live? Scientists at the University of Warwick…

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Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface, taken by…

50 Years Ago Apollo 11 Launches Into History

At 8:32 a.m. EST, July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 launched from Florida on a mission to…

ATLAS Experiment finds evidence of charge asymmetry in top-quark pairs

Among the most intriguing particles studied by the ATLAS Experiment is the top quark. As the…

ESA confirms asteroid will miss Earth in 2019

Asteroid 2006 QV89, a small object 20 to 50 metres in diameter, was in the news lately…

Ancient DNA extracted from Neanderthal fossils of Gibraltar for the first time

A new collaborative study, led by the Natural History Museum and the Max Planck Institute for…

A layer of 'aerogel' could make Mars habitable and even enable life to develop there

Transforming the red planet to support life has long been a dream of science fiction. Mars…

Radiation from atomic testing in Marshall Islands still too high for human habitation

A team of researchers from Columbia University has found that radiation levels from atomic testing in…

Gaia starts mapping our galaxy’s bar

The first direct measurement of the bar-shaped collection of stars at the centre of our Milky…