The first orbital satellite launch from the UK is due to take place at Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay tonight. Cosmic Girl, a ...

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Surgery that aims to enhance the clearance of Alzheimer's-associated proteins from the brain has been banned in China, but ...

Protein is everywhere, but studies – mostly in non-human animals – suggest that limiting our intake could extend our lifespan ...

Global warming may make it too hot for malaria-carrying mosquitoes to survive in parts of Africa, but could also shift the ...

The total solar eclipse on 12 August will only be visible to a lucky few, but eclipses happen all over the world – here are ...

A treatment that turns off the bit of the immune system that goes haywire in Guillain-Barré syndrome may be the first ...

Paradoxically, suppressing wildfires has also made European countries more vulnerable to huge blazes like those seen in ...

Rats are a scourge on island wildlife all over the world. But an island off the coast of Ireland is showing how to ...