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Richard Bilodeau, 63, charged with two counts of murder in 1984 death of Theresa Fusco, 16, of Long IslandFour decades after prosecutors sent the wrong men to prison for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl from Long Island, New York, DNA obtained…
Botanist trying to conserve highly vulnerable rhizanthella that survives by feeding on nutrients from a fungusRhizanthella is an extraordinary orchid that lives its entire life underground. It flowers below ground, has no leaves and survives by feeding…
Station leader Andy Warton says isolation takes getting used to, but a ‘profound adventure’ with auroras, penguins and icebergs awaitsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFew people witness the otherworldly seasonal transformation…
Station leader Andy Warton says isolation takes getting used to, but a ‘profound adventure’ with auroras, penguins and icebergs awaitsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFew people witness the otherworldly seasonal transformation…
Cambridge scientists grow blood stem cells, raising new possibilities for regenerative medicineScientists have grown embryo-like structures in the laboratory that replicate the early development of the heart, including the production of blood, raising …
Two decades after the material was first produced, some UK firms have reaped its potential but others are strugglingAfter graphene was first produced at the University of Manchester in 2004, it was hailed as a wonder material, stronger than steel but l…
Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction and more than half of bird species around the world are declining.
Before the Spanish study, some scientists had been sceptical about the mammals attacking migratory birdsBats are generally viewed as harmless, if spooky, creatures of the night. But scientists have revealed a more savage side, after witnessing a greate…
Meteorologists say La Nina has arrived, bringing cooler weather patterns worldwide.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is announcing the Nobel Prize in chemistry.