Researchers get backing for cosmic vision
19 July 2010A proposal to design a spacecraft that would seek out habitable planets beyond our own solar system could become reality after receiving support from the...
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A proposal to design a spacecraft that would seek out habitable planets beyond our own solar system could become reality after receiving support from the...
Babies born at night or at the weekend are at greater risk of dying due to lack of oxygen (anoxia) than those born during normal...
African national parks such as Masai Mara and the Serengeti have seen populations of large mammals decline by up to 59 per cent, Cambridge researchers...
The first batch of a new range of powerful superconductors which could revolutionise the production of machines like hospital MRI scanners and protect the national...
The Earth could be up to 70 million years younger than scientists previously thought, a study has found.
The negotiating styles of the world’s biggest rising powers – China, India and Brazil – could offer important clues about any future challenge they may...
One of the most famous and influential mantras of Barack Obama’s chief economic adviser – that wealthier nations are also healthier – has been called...
Just as afternoon tea is traditional in England but not in France, different groups of meerkats have different ways of doing things, Cambridge zoologists have...
An endangered Greek dialect spoken in Turkey has been identified by Dr Ioanna Sitaridou as a "linguistic goldmine" because of its closeness to a language...