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Whenever there’s even a slight chance that an exoplanet shows signs of biological activity, people understandably get excited ...

A quantum sensor using Earth's magnetic fields outperformed standard GPS backups in test flights. This technology could help ...

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite city – or so we thought ...

The "skyglow" produced when light from cities bounces off clouds can help cyanobacteria and other aquatic microbes grow at ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

A network of Earth's best clocks will be synchronised with the most accurate one ever sent into space. But the device has a ...

Water filters made from untreated wood can remove more than 99 per cent of particles, taking out many harmful bacteria and ...