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Soaking fabrics in a commonly used insect repellent is a simple and effective tool as mosquito bites become more common during daytime, study showsFrom Africa to Latin America to Asia, babies have been carried in cloth wraps on their mothers’ backs for…
Environment minister says attacks on social media affect perceptions of meteorology and denigrate researchers’ workEurope live – latest updatesSpain’s environment minister has written to prosecutors to warn of “an alarming increase” in hate speech and …
Four astronauts emerge from capsule after Pacific landing, including crew member in ‘stable’ conditionFour astronauts from the International Space Station have returned to Earth a month earlier than planned after one developed a “serious” medical condi…
Scientists have inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores in an Antarctic vault.
The Nobel prize winner discusses claims of a ‘boys’ club’, Elon Musk’s fellowship and rightwing attacks on sciencePaul Nurse is a turn up for the books. A Nobel prize-winning geneticist, former director of the Francis Crick Institute and erstwhile head…
Scientists at UCL say drug developers should focus on two risk-raising variants of the Apoe geneNew therapies for Alzheimer’s disease should target a particular gene linked to the condition, according to researchers who said most cases would never aris…
Agency says US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return from space station in the coming days, earlier than plannedNasa has ordered its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station in its 25-year history after an astronaut in the orbi…
Certain canines can learn using cues from people’s gaze, gestures, attention and voices, researchers findWhether it is a piece of food or a four-letter expletive, words can be learned by young children overhearing adults – but now researchers have foun…
NASA says it has canceled the year’s first spacewalk and may bring its crew back early from the International Space Station due to a medical issue.
Astronaut aboard the International Space Station is in stable condition, Nasa said, and a spacewalk was canceledNasa is considering a rare early return of its crew from the International Space Station over an unspecified medical issue involving one of …