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Bedbugs survived the dinosaur extinction event
The much-maligned bedbug has been around for 115 million years – since dinosaurs ruled the Earth. …
Artificial life form given 'synthetic DNA'
UK scientists have created an artificial version of the stomach bug E. coli that is based…
Plastic pollution: Flip-flop tide engulfs 'paradise' island
Up to a million shoes are among the tide of plastic debris washed up on an…
Antarctic instability 'is spreading'
Almost a quarter of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is now unstable, according to a new…
Medieval manuscript code unlocked by Bristol academic
The document stumped Alan Turing and the FBI before being deciphered by a research assistant. …
Snakebites: Like having my hand smashed by a hammer'
The bites are a “hidden” health crisis causing a death every four minutes, says World Health…
Blue Planet II and other times TV changed the world
Bafta called for more environment plot lines on TV, here’s a look at how television can…
Chang'e-4: Chinese rover 'confirms' Moon crater theory
The Chinese Chang’e-4 rover may have confirmed a longstanding idea about the origin of a vast…
Wood wide web: Trees' social networks are mapped
Research has shown that beneath every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of…