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Six scientists who spent a year in near isolation to simulate life on Mars finally came out of their dome…

8 years ago

DNA confirms identity of bacteria behind London’s Great Plague in the 17th Century

It wiped out nearly a quarter of London's population and was one of the triggers for the scientific renaissance that…

8 years ago

The £135 million ‘alien scanner’

China is preparing to unveil the world's largest telescope which is due to be put into operation at the end…

8 years ago

Scientists create the world’s first gene-edited dinner

It's not every day that two men sitting down to eat a plate of cabbage makes news around the world.…

8 years ago

Almost every detail of iPhone 7 may have been revealed in major leak

Apple is finally set to unveil its iPhone 7 at a launch event this Wednesday, but all its headline features…

8 years ago

Billionaires at war

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed his 'deep disappointment' at the destruction of his revolutionary $200million satellite on Thursday when the…

8 years ago

Just 350,000 African elephants are left in the savannah as poaching decimates a THIRD of the population

Just 352,271 African savannah elephants remain in the wild, it has been revealed. The Great Elephant Census was a project…

8 years ago

Facebook adds live video broadcasting to Messenger in battle with Snapchat

Facebook has added another Snapchat feature to its own products - this time live video. The social network today revealed…

8 years ago

Did Lucy, Famed Human Ancestor, Die After Falling From a Tree?

Back in 1974, anthropologists spotted what would become the world’s most famous fossil in a shallow bed of a stream…

8 years ago

Hacker reveals how criminals can steal your details in just THREE easy steps when you connect to public Wi-Fi

In a worrying demonstration that is sure to frighten frequent Wi-Fi users, former infamous hacker Kevin Mitnick shows how easy…

8 years ago