SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

A bank of white freezers hums away at a former watch factory in central London. Inside: dozens of small boxes with barcoded glass tubes, collectively containing one hundred billion genes. Just two boxes may hold 10 times more information...

After contacting her health trust for her regular repeat prescription, she said she was told there were no supplies of Nabilone available.She was told to contact her neurologist and has since been prescribed other medication.Kenning said the alternatives had...

All stars die eventually, but they don't all die the same. A star's death is determined by its mass. Only the most massive stars die in supernovae explosions, and those calamitous...

Casey Harrell lost his voice to ALS or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. As a volunteer in a clinical trial, he’s helping scientists test a brain-computer interface. Electrode arrays that are implanted in Casey’s brain send signals to nearby computers, where...

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Available for over a yearAccording to the White House, Melania Trump has taken on an unexpected diplomatic role. It's been reported that she helped to broker a temporary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. The agreement, due to come into...

The first roller coaster in the United States to loop upside down tucked riders by twos into bench seats, secured them with a single seat belt and subjected them to an estimated 7.5 times the force of gravity (some...

A mosquito buzzing in your backyard may seem like a minor annoyance. But these tiny insects, with their taste for human blood, are increasingly appearing in areas where they were once rare or absent, and...

Strong winds are expected to continue across Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland on Tuesday, after Storm Boelo brought flooding and power cuts to thousands over the weekend.While conditions are set to improve for much of the UK after...

David Bennett, from Wallich, Wales's largest homelessness charity, claimed most drug-related deaths "are preventable if we treat drug use as a health, not criminal justice, issue"."Housing, health and justice need a joined-up approach," he said.He said the charity supported...