Science
‘Sponge on a string’ test will help pinpoint gullet cancer
Trials of a new weapon in the battle against cancer are to be launched across Britain next month. The cytosponge – a sponge...
Makeup fails to solve mystery of why jumping spiders have back stripes
Researchers have come up with an ingenious way to test the theory that male jumping spiders have evolved colourful stripes to ward off...
Jeff Bezos: Blue Origin flight to space with Amazon founder sets winning bidder back $28M
Jeff Bezos announced last week that he would be on the first trip to space courtesy of his Blue Origin business. The Amazon...
Monkeys adopt ‘accent’ of other species when in shared territory – study
Monkeys will use the “accent” of another species when they enter its territory to enhance communication, much like a British person living in...
Virgin Galactic reaches edge of space as it prepares to take tourists to the skies
Two pilots were onboard the VSS Unity which blasted off from Spaceport America, New Mexico, for the first time. The flight saw a...
Tiny traces of DNA found in cave dust may unlock secret life of Neanderthals
Scientists have pinpointed major changes in Europe’s Neanderthal populations – from traces of blood and excrement they left behind in a Spanish cave...
SpaceX could ‘re-fly SN15 soon’ says Elon Musk
SpaceX finally nailed the Starship landing on May 5 after several goes. The SN8, SN9, SN10 and SN11 all ended in a ball...
NASA and SpaceX scrub Crew Dragon undocking: Poor weather scuppers ISS return this weekend
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience was originally pencilled in to leave the orbital lab earlier this week but the mission keeps getting hit with delays....
Elon Musk issues warning over Mars mission – ‘a bunch of people will probably die’
The SpaceX founder has made no secret of his ambitions to colonise planets in the solar system with human settlements. The founding principle behind...
When dinosaurs ruled the Earth: Billions of T.rexes once prowled North America – study
Researchers studying North American dino fossils have estimated how many T.rexes roamed the continent during the Cretaceous period 145.5 to 66 million years...
