How many genes does it take to make a person?

Oct 21, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Science

We humans like to think of ourselves as on the top of the heap compared to all the other living things on our planet. Life has evolved over three billion years from simple one-celled creatures through to multicellular...

What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars

Oct 20, 2016 11:42 am UTC| Science

Researchers at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, had another of those nervous days waiting to hear first from a probe designed to land on Mars surface, and then from the probes orbiting mother...

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Space Science Series

Biggest map of giant voids and clusters in the universe solves major cosmological puzzle

Oct 19, 2016 18:56 pm UTC| Science

Since its discovery in 2008, astronomers have been puzzled by a cosmic mystery so vexing that it has even led some to question whether the general theory of relativity Einsteins masterpiece theory of gravity is wrong on...

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Space Science Series

NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, Crewmates Launch to Space Station to Continue Research

Oct 19, 2016 09:24 am UTC| Science

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2016--Three crew members representing the United States and Russia are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:05 a.m. EDT...

The slow climb from innovation to cure: treating anaemia with gene editing

Oct 19, 2016 07:16 am UTC| Science

The ability to precisely edit DNA via CRISPR technology has emerged as the one of the most powerful advances in biology. A new paper showing repair of a genetic mutation in human blood cells represents an important step...

Shape-shifting materials could be crucial in tight spaces – such as inside our bodies

Oct 07, 2016 15:35 pm UTC| Science

The rise of 3D printing means its now easy to create objects to any design we like from scratch, something thats already finding particular use in medicine, with 3D printed customised prosthetics or even replacement bones...

Why insights of Nobel physicists could revolutionise 21st-century computing

Oct 07, 2016 00:15 am UTC| Science

British scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz won this years Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter. The reference to...