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The first “failed star” ever discovered has been a weird outlier since it was found nearly 30 years ago. New observations show that it is unusually ma

You can blank out certain types of background noise and focus on just one conversation using prototype noise-cancelling headphones

Embryos seem to have a sensor that picks up when nutrients are scarce, prompting them to pause their development until resources become more abundant

Nature has retracted the scientific paper that claimed earlier this year that the wonder material known as “red matter” was the world’s first room-tem

The Andromedid meteor shower is normally a quiet affair, but very occasionally it puts on an intense show – which may happen on 2 December

A chemistry robot analysed meteorite samples and tested a range of catalysts, demonstrating a possible approach for producing oxygen at a Martian colo

A lampshade coated in either a copper or iron substance removes indoor air pollutants released by cooking or from cleaning products

Faecal transplants alleviated nerve pain in people with diabetes, suggesting gut bacteria may play a role in causing such pain

Delivering mRNAs to the cells lining the nose and lungs will make vaccines more effective and may also lead to better treatments for conditions such a

Researchers have tweaked structures made by bacteria so that they can target human cells and inject proteins into them, a trick that could lead to tar