Microbes locked in Antarctic ice for as much as eight million years have been “resuscitated”…
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Second disease case confirmed
A second outbreak of foot-and-mouth is confirmed at a Surrey farm, the environment secretary says.
Whale fears silence US sonar
The US Navy is ordered not to use sonar off the Californian coast because it…
Team finds largest exoplanet yet
An international team of astronomers has discovered the largest known planet orbiting another star.
Fat cats facing soaring diabetes
Cat owners are urged to watch their pets’ waistlines as feline diabetes increases.
Coffee ‘protects female memory’
Caffeine may help older women ward off mental decline, research suggests.
Famous fossil Lucy starts US tour
One of the world’s most famous fossils leaves Ethiopia for a controversial tour of US…
Galaxies clash in four-way merger
Four gigantic galaxies are seen crashing into one another in one of the biggest cosmic…
Disease experts probe farm flood
Scientists work to contain the foot-and-mouth outbreak, as the EU bans UK exports of meat.
Pencil removed from head
A woman in Germany who has spent most of her life with a pencil inside…