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A centimetre-sized robot with a soft body and metallic scales inspired by pangolins can stop bleeding or destroy cells from inside the body using heat

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than previously thought

Sea star larvae have been stored at -200°C and thawed for the first time, a step towards restoring populations that have been ravaged by disease

City-sized droplets and twisting streams of plasma have been picked up by incredibly detailed images of the sun’s corona, showing our star as we’ve ne

While some progress has been made in limiting greenhouse gas emissions, we are still on the path for high levels of global warming

Mars rocks that were blasted off the surface of the Red Planet millions of years ago have been traced back to craters where they originated, which cou

As part of a clampdown on under-18s using e-cigarettes, the UK government is planning to outlaw disposable vapes and a ban could come into force early

An oral medicine called anastrozole has been approved by the UK’s drug regulatory agency for reducing the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal wom

Designed to look like a human hand, a soft robotic device uses pressure sensors and artificial intelligence to learn how to prevent an object from sli

Changes in rock formations from before and after the mass extinction event 66 million years ago may reflect how dinosaurs acted as ecosystem engineers