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Category: Science
How a pig heart was transplanted into a human for the f...
The first transplant of a pig heart genetically modified for acceptance into human bodies raises hopes for a new solution to donor...
Watch the best ever simulation of stars being born in a...
A computer simulation tracks 9 million years of evolution within a stellar nursery - also known as a giant molecular cloud – in wh...
Ancient Andean leaders may have mixed hallucinogen with...
A concoction of vilca seeds and fermented alcohol may have provided a mild hallucinogenic experience, enabling Wari leaders in Sou...
Two black holes merged to form a huge one moving at inc...
Astronomers have long suspected that merging black holes can give the resulting larger black hole a massive boost of speed, and ha...
A West African writing system shows how letters evolve ...
The characters used to write the Vai script, which was invented in Liberia in 1833, have become visually simpler over time, reflec...
James Webb Space Telescope has finished unfolding its m...
The space telescope has successfully completed a series of crucial steps to achieve full deployment, and will now continue to its ...
Outsider wins DARPA challenge to predict where floats d...
A competition to forecast the locations of 90 floats drifting in the Atlantic could lead to better methods for tracking oil slicks...
Covid-19 news: Ministers plan for UK to ‘live with covi...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Covid-19 testing in the time of omicron: Everything you...
With omicron infections surging around the world, many countries are changing their coronavirus testing guidelines to better deal ...
Ancient Egyptian mummy of a young girl is first with a ...
The ancient Egyptians were adept at bandaging dead bodies during the mummification process, but we have had no evidence of the way...
Corkscrew-shaped robot swims through blood vessels to c...
Laboratory tests show a tiny robot with a helical propeller inspired by bacteria can swim through veins and deliver clot-busting d...
What dolphins reveal about the evolution of the clitori...
Patricia Brennan's latest research suggests that bottlenose dolphins have clitorises that evolved for pleasure. She tells New Scie...