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Gene therapy restored immune system in children wi...
Ten children with the rare condition Artemis-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency had their im...
Many mosquitoes are now insecticide-resistant in V...
More than three-quarters of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes sampled in Vietnam and Cambodia were from strai...
NASA’s InSight lander has been declared dead after...
Over the course of its time on Mars, the InSight lander measured 1319 marsquakes, but it has finally...
Super-absorbent towel soaks up liquids better than...
A hydrogel mesh made from vinegar, baking soda, glycerol and alcohol sucks up water three times as w...
Stimulating the brainstem may make cochlear implan...
In a study in rats, artificially stimulating the locus coeruleus in the animals' brainstem quickly i...
Shortage of pollinators could be killing 427,000 p...
Inadequate numbers of bees and other pollinators have a huge impact on human health due to lower pro...
Parasitic DNA makes us age faster - but we're not ...
Genetic parasites called retrotransposons become more active as we age, and an animal study suggests...
Twitter security flaw may leave videos sent in dir...
Videos sent in Twitter direct messages can theoretically be viewed by anyone, a weakness that could ...
It may be possible to traverse a wormhole and then...
When matter falls into a wormhole, the wormhole is expected to collapse – but a probe may be able to...
Small and speedy animals perceive time faster than...
A comparison of 138 species finds that dragonflies perceive changes in their environment five times ...
COP15 biodiversity deal is ‘new era’ for Indigenou...
The agreement made at the COP15 biodiversity summit balanced a recognition of the importance of Indi...
DeepMind’s AI cuts energy costs for cooling buildi...
Research firm DeepMind has built an AI to optimise cooling systems in buildings. In tests, it reduce...
Living in trees may have given great apes vocal sk...
A comparison of consonant-like sounds in great apes suggests an arboreal lifestyle may have been a s...
Why are children catching so many illnesses this w...
Many countries in the northern hemisphere are seeing surges of childhood respiratory infections like...
Lyme disease may spread further by helping ticks s...
Ticks infected with the bacterium responsible for Lyme disease are more likely to survive winter, co...
This Venom-like magnetic slime robot was a big hit...
A magnetic slime robot that drew comparisons to the Marvel character Venom could navigate through na...
COP15: Treaty may unravel over last-minute dispute...
A landmark biodiversity agreement was hammered out at the COP15 biodiversity summit over objections ...
Lasers used to throw and catch single atoms for fi...
Extremely cold atoms were thrown with one laser beam and caught with another. The technique could be...
