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England's wettest week in two years not enough to end drought

Child's necklace and perfume bottle among personal treasures found in Pompeii wardrobe

NASA seeks commercial ideas to service Hubble or manage its reentry

Two gamma-ray bursts of different types erupt four minutes apart

New 3D map reveals interstellar medium more unstable than expected

Global snakebite deaths vastly underestimated in new study, up to 513,000 a year

Hubble finds supernova-driven winds may hinder ultraviolet escape

Computer scientist refines shortest-path algorithm, extending 1996 guarantee

Physicists create a miniature universe in which time emerges from entropy, without a clock

Diet and exercise program helps 54% of younger adults achieve type 2 diabetes remission in trial

Beavers to return to Loch Ness waters 500 years after last recorded

30 Oct· 2 sources

US families opt for earlier measles vaccinations amid outbreak

Skyscraper that dissipates earthquake energy wins global tall-building award

Earth's "impenetrable" radiation shield was breached from within during May 2024 solar storm

Cowboy Space unveils Big Iron medium-lift rocket

30 Oct· 2 sources

AI-powered survey records rare Barbastelle bats in south-west England

30 Oct· 2 sources

Wildfire smoke linked to 3,560 deaths in Indonesia in September, report finds

India prepares satellite launch to strengthen its GPS alternative

PSNI to stop responding to mental health welfare checks unless risk to life, harm or crime involved

Biosecurity expert warns complacency may be a threat as potential invaders loom

30 Oct· 3 sources

Wildlife Trusts raise £30m to buy and rewild Northumberland estate

30 Oct· 2 sources

MIT engineers build nanoscale particles for personalized cancer vaccines

AI concern jumps to fourth-biggest worry for young Australians, wellbeing survey finds

30 Oct· 3 sources

Golden eagle chick Beaky Junior fledges on managed grouse moor in project milestone

30 Oct· 2 sources

Bacteria bind sand into building material

Hubble and Webb reveal new views of Cat's Head Nebula

29 Oct· 2 sources

Pancreatic cancer vaccine triggers immune response in nearly all patients, early trial shows

Concentrated solar power system promises integrated fossil-fuel backup

29 Oct· 2 sources

Virgin Galactic unveils Apeiron, expects first commercial flight in early Q2 2027

29 Oct· 4 sources

One of oldest Mars meteorites discovered in Sahara offers glimpse of ancient crust and water

Uganda calls for AU to consider force to help contain Ebola

29 Oct· 3 sources

NASA publishes 368-page ISAM State of Play for in-space servicing industry

FDA approves first-ever drug to target rare neurological disorder Alexander disease

Four-second eye scan detects coronary artery disease with 80 per cent accuracy

29 Oct· 3 sources

Dad who 'clinically died twice' saved by off-duty police officer in Cwmbran

29 Oct· 2 sources

Hubble and JWST observations point to collision behind Beta Pictoris 'Cat's Tail'

Hubble captures barred galaxy and gravitational lens in preparation for Roman Space Telescope

Less than 42 minutes of bright daylight linked to higher dementia risk

Six sweeteners linked to faster cognitive decline, study finds

Jupiter's bow shock more complex than Earth's, Juno data reveals

700,000-year-old elephant tooth reveals lush prehistoric world that sustained early humans

Brain signal discovery may explain range of schizophrenia symptoms

Mathematicians challenge dark energy theory in new study

Study challenges prevailing view of solar spicules as individual plasma jets

Dead star's twin-ring debris disk hints at our solar system's far future

RFK Jr. eases access to unproven peptide drugs as FDA scientists object

29 Oct· 9 sources

SpaceX No Longer Needs NASA, a Problem for the Space Agency

Veiled love letters from La Pérouse voyage resurface

29 Oct· 2 sources

Estonia set to become first to invite 40-year-old women for genetic-based screening

GP surgery websites go dark as tech firm Silicon Practice enters administration

29 Oct· 2 sources

Magnetic muscle tracking could improve prosthetic limb control, MIT study suggests

Colon cancer tumors differ in younger patients, study finds

DNA tests to help identify dogs in livestock attacks

29 Oct· 3 sources

Belfast needle exchange to close on 2 November as street service replaces city centre site

29 Oct· 2 sources

RAF Upper Heyford contamination worst in UK, report says

Australia to review water fluoridation guidelines amid debate over prenatal fluoride and IQ

29 Oct· 3 sources

Magma can store far more oxygen than scientists thought, study finds

Stanbacks’ $27.5 million in gifts expands aerospace research at Caltech and JPL

Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman named JPL deputy director

29 Oct· 2 sources

Scottish alcohol deaths fall overall but rise among women, figures show

29 Oct· 2 sources

Oregon's days with extreme heat and smoke quadruple over two decades, study says

Study suggests 300,000 could be in path of potential Himalayan disasters as Nepal plans riverbank ban

29 Oct· 4 sources

ULA targets Vulcan return to flight for November 13 after SRB anomaly

29 Oct· 4 sources

3,300-Year-Old Bronze sword found in Italian lake still sharp

Researchers create ultrasonic 'tube' that guides liquids and gases through the air

Nearly three-quarters of NFL players in CTE study had brain disease, researchers find

28 Oct· 2 sources

MIT study identifies key pathway by which Alzheimer's risk gene APOE4 disrupts neuron insulation

MIT-led study maps how a mouse embryo builds itself, cell by cell

Artemis III SLS core stage integrated with boosters at Kennedy Space Center

NASA selects 19 citizen science proposals, from rogue planets to lunar iron

Comet seeding of life on Earth may be a one-off fluke, simulations suggest

28 Oct· 2 sources

Eaton Fire smoke exposed 7 million residents to lead 80 times above normal, study finds

Coroner links actor’s death to unapproved peptides

28 Oct· 4 sources

WA whale migration at lowest in decades as carcasses wash up on Perth beaches

28 Oct· 3 sources

Bush Heritage seeks to buy Queensland cattle station to anchor 429,000-hectare conservation corridor

28 Oct· 4 sources

MIT engineers design snake-inspired soft robot to diagnose and treat small intestine disorders

Rubin Observatory's first dwarf planet candidate traced across a decade of images

28 Oct· 4 sources

Webb telescope captures turbulent star nursery in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Hidden 100-million-year-old volcanic system discovered in northwestern Iran

KAIST team says semiconductor technique extends life of anode-free EV batteries

Aging muscles sacrifice strength for protection, study finds

Fire salamanders glow green and cyan under ultraviolet light, scientists find

Artemis I radiation data reveals surprising cosmic ray levels near the Moon

New model doubles projected sea level rise from Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier

Hospital overcrowding hits highest level this year with 824 patients waiting, INMO says

Antarctic sea-ice decline has turned deep ocean shielding layer saltier, study finds

28 Oct· 3 sources

Eli Lilly's retatrutide doubles weight loss versus Ozempic in first head-to-head trial

Free AI tool speeds up search for new antibiotics

Nurse killed as DRC Ebola outbreak passes 10,000 cases, Africa CDC schedules emergency summit

28 Oct· 3 sources

T cells sense tissue stiffness to build long-term immunity, study finds

Autistic children's brains show distinct, age-independent patterns in face processing, study finds

Asteroid that ended the dinosaurs may have helped ants conquer the world, study finds

Daily fibre supplement eases knee arthritis pain and improves grip strength, trial finds

Gender divide in GP burnout and stress revealed by new survey

28 Oct· 4 sources

Biosecurity review launched after fire ant nest went undetected for years

28 Oct· 2 sources

NASA Systems Engineering team details architecture concepts for Habitable Worlds Observatory