Teenage, 16, gets life sentence for killing Katie Rough, 7

A teenager who killed 7-year-old schoolgirl Katie Rough in a field just feet from her home has been jailed for life with a minimum five-year sentence. She clutched a cuddly toy as...

Doctor Rebecca Ovenden from Lincolnshire found dead by her husband

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Dogs recognize human emotions, new study shows

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Lara Casalotti: Parent’s plea for more mixed race donors as daughter battles leukaemia

A 24-year-old student and charity campaigner from Hampstead is appealing for a...

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By Staffs on October 29, 2017
New preliminary results from NASA’s Twin Study suggest that going to space increases DNA methylation, a process responsible for turning on and off genes. These...
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By Staffs on October 29, 2017
Smoking a joint may lead to more than just the munchies and a buzz. According to a new study from Stanford University, pot smokers have...
UFO Hunters Claim to Find Ancient Alien Mothership on Mars (Photo)
By Staffs on October 29, 2017
A new video has emerged on the internet that claims to have found evidence of a crashed alien mothership on Mars’ surface. The video shows...
Scientists Take First Atomic Photos of Failing Battery
By Staffs on October 28, 2017
Scientists from Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have captured the first atomic-level images of finger-like growths called dendrites that...
Weaker social ties killing male whales, finds new research
By Staffs on October 26, 2017
Researchers from the universities of Exeter and York (UK) and the Center for Whale Research (USA) found the most socially isolated males were three times...
Squirrels may have taken leprosy to medieval England, finds new research
By Staffs on October 26, 2017
Viking squirrels may have brought a plague of leprosy to Britain, according to a new research. The study, reported in The Journal of Medical Microbiology, identified...
Corals developing taste for plastics, scientists say
By Staffs on October 26, 2017
Scientists conducted their two-part study using corals collected from waters off the North Carolina coast. Just like humans, corals are drawn to food that is...
US Researchers Use New Crispr System to Edit RNA in Human Cells
By Staffs on October 26, 2017
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Creatonotos gangis: Weird Insect Intrigues Facebook Users
By Staffs on October 25, 2017
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Researchers Discover How to Control Electrons in Graphene
By Staffs on October 23, 2017
The problem of electrons moving freely through graphene with no control has finally been solved. Scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick have tamed the unruly electrons...
Neutron-Star Collision Reveals Origin of Gold, Scientists Say
By Staffs on October 23, 2017
Scientists yesterday discovered a vast supply of gold on the far side of the universe. The extraordinary hoard is the result of a huge collision...
Scientists find tiny monster in the Canadian Arctic
By Staffs on October 21, 2017
Researchers have discovered an eight-legged ‘monster’ lurking in the dark waters beneath the Arctic sea ice. According to University of Manitoba graduate student Aurelie Delaforge,...
Researchers Document “Opportunistic” Alligators Eating Sharks
By Staffs on October 18, 2017
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