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Asteroid nine times the size of the QE2 liner to sail pass Earth

18 May 2013 10:39 AM

An asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 is due to sail past the Earth later this month.

Wanted: Polar bear spotter to protect Norwegian scientists - must be loud and good with guns

17 May 2013 12:00 PM

Adventurers with a keen eye sight and loud vocal chords are being offered the chance to explore the Arctic with scientists, in a three week job contract as polar bear spotter.

The developing embryo

'Most exciting breakthrough in IVF treatment in 30 years' could triple number of births

17 May 2013 07:20 AM

Simple technique tchooses the best embryo

Breakthrough in human cloning raises hopes for treatment of Parkinson's and heart disease

16 May 2013 12:00 AM

News could lead to tissue-transplant operations for range of debilitating disorders, also including MS and spinal cord injuries

The water found in the Ontario mine is at least 1.5 billion years old

Ancient underground lake isolated from the rest of the world for 2.7 billion years discovered in Canadian mine - but does it contain life?

15 May 2013 06:05 PM

Discovery could help in the development of techniques for finding extra-terrestrial life-forms living within underground pockets of water on the moons of Jupiter

On May 13, 2013, an X2.8-class flare erupted from the sun - the strongest flare of 2013 to date. This image of the flare, shown in the upper left corner. It is typically colorized in teal

Nasa releases video and images showing solar flares and coronal mass ejections shooting from the Sun

15 May 2013 03:59 PM

Nasa has released a video and a set of images showing solar flares and coronal mass  ejections (CMEs) shooting out of the Sun, sending billions of tonnes of particles into space.

Have archaeologists discovered the mysterious lost city of gold, Ciudad Blanca?

14 May 2013 06:15 PM

Honduras's ancient metropolis ‘found’ using revolutionary 3D mapping technique

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield gives a thumbs up after the Russian Soyuz space capsule landed 150km southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan

In pictures: Commander Chris Hadfield returns to earth in Soyuz space capsule

14 May 2013 12:14 PM

A Soyuz space capsule carrying a three-man crew returning from a five-month mission to the International Space Station has landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan.

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Chris Hadfield comes back down to earth: Star of Twitter, Bowie fan, and International Space Station astronaut returns

14 May 2013 06:57 AM

A Soyuz space capsule carrying a three-man crew returning from a five-month mission to the International Space Station has landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan.

Scientists found that with healthy brains they could estimate to within a couple of hours the time of a person's death

New forensic technique for estimating time of death by checking internal clock of the human brain

13 May 2013 08:16 PM

Depressed people live in parallel time zone, scientists find

Chris Hadfield performs David Bowie's Space Oddity

Out of this world: In pictures - astronaut Chris Hadfield tweets stunning images of Earth from space

13 May 2013 03:37 PM

Astronaut celebrates Earth from space via his Twitter account

Video: Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield sings David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' from space

13 May 2013 12:05 PM

Astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield has been sharing his experiences of living in space with us over the past five months.

Web searches for symptoms of HIV, MRSA and flu strains will be monitored to spot outbreaks of infections

Web searches for symptoms of HIV, MRSA and flu strains will be monitored to spot outbreaks of infections

12 May 2013 09:39 PM

British scientists plan to harness the power of the internet to catch outbreaks of killer infections before they spread.

Alan Ashworth made his name by helping to discover one of the key breast cancer genes and now he wants to destigmatise lung cancer

Alan Ashworth: Enough of the back slapping, let's find a cure for cancer

12 May 2013 09:07 AM

The molecular biologist has revolutionised treatment of breast cancer. His next challenge? The lungs. Steve Connor meets Alan Ashworth

Video: Large green 'fireball' meteor seen shooting across sky above England and Wales

09 May 2013 10:36 AM

Fist-sized fireball likely to be formed from debris from Halley's Comet

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