A remote Indian village is responding to global warming-induced water shortages by creating large masses of ice, or “artificial glaciers,”…
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Fruit and veg ‘give healthy glow’
Even a few weeks of eating fruit and vegetables could improve your skin colour, it is claimed. University of St…
Gorilla DNA unlocks secrets of our species
THANKS to Kamilah the gorilla, the last of the great apes has had its genome fully sequenced. The results highlight…
New Scars Found on Moon
Parts of the moon‘s surface have been stretched apart to form shallow, sunken valleys, according to a new study based…
Distant ‘waterworld’ is confirmed
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a new class of planet: a waterworld with a thick, steamy atmosphere. The exoplanet…
32,000-Year-Old Plant Brought Back to Life
The oldest plant ever to be regenerated has been grown from 32,000-year-old seeds—beating the previous recordholder by some 30,000 years.…
Digital tools ‘to save languages’
Facebook, YouTube and even texting will be the salvation of many of the world’s endangered languages, scientists believe. Of the…
Quantum dots control brain cells for the first time
In an unlikely marriage of quantum physics and neuroscience, tiny particles called quantum dots have been used to control brain…
Miracle Boy Ryan Marquiss Survives
You can easily call Ryan Marquiss a miracle boy. He was born in Pennsylvania in 2009 with a rare condition…
New Ultradense Planet Found
A newly discovered planet 4,000 light-years away is just too dense. Dubbed CoRoT-20b, the planet is thought to be a…