The plot has just thickened in the mystery tale about the unseen mass skulking inside the largest cluster of stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

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Sadly, we know that microplastics are getting everywhere, including our drinking water – but researchers have developed a new ...

Many of the fluctuations in the length of Earth's day have known causes. But on scales of decades to millennia, scientists ...

Around one third of Australian households live with at least one cat, yet surveys tell us the cats' needs are not being met.

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Health is a long-term journey. One or two indulgent meals during the holidays will not derail progress. Overly restricted ...

As the global population ages, more of us face frightening cognitive decline, personally or in our loved ones.

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In the US alone, around 300,000 children each year have their tonsils surgically removed to improve breathing while sleeping or reduce recurrent infection.

I'm a computer scientist and a bad Christmas shopper. Over the weekend, I wondered whether AI systems might be able to help ...

With a surface area more than twice that of Greater London's, A23a is the biggest iceberg on the planet, having calved from ...