Within five years, a woolly mammoth will likely be cloned, according to scientists who have just recovered well-preserved bone marrow in…
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First Earth-sized planets spotted
Astronomers have detected the first Earth-sized planets, which are orbiting a star similar to our own Sun. In the distant…
Electricity Sparks New Life Into Indonesia’s Corals
Cyanide fishing and rising water temperatures had decimated corals off Bali until a diver inspired by a German scientist’s pioneering…
New plasma “brush” may mean painless cavity filling
We’ve been keeping an eye on efforts to make the dreaded dentist’s drill a thing of the past for some…
She’s a little miracle
The third smallest baby ever to be born and survive is thriving, doctors say, after she entered the world almost…
Biggest telescope starts observations
RadioAstron, effectively the largest radio telescope ever built, is up and running. The telescope’s main component, a 10-metre radio dish…
Photodynamic therapy helps Connah Broom
A schoolboy diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer in 2006 is defying medical experts. Connah Broom, of Gronant,…
World’s Tallest Tower Rises in Tokyo
Rising like a space age Eiffel Tower on growth hormones, the newly built Tokyo Sky Tree won‘t officially open its…
We send our son’s organs with love
In life Luca Giovannini was a loving, lively and generous young boy who brought joy to everyone he met. And…
Liver implant gives ‘another chance of life’
Doctors in London say they have cured a baby boy of a life-threatening disease which was destroying his liver. They…