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Forensic science failures putting justice at risk, says regulator
System on a ‘knife-edge’ due to skills shortages and funding cuts in England and Wales
Read more » | Desktop version »Nasa's InSight lander records hundreds of marsquakes on red planet
InSight, which touched down in 2018, proves beyond doubt that Mars is seismically active
Read more » | Desktop version »Katherine Johnson, Nasa mathematician portrayed in Hidden Figures, dies at 101
Johnson overcame racial and gender-based discrimination to become an integral part of Nasa’s work in space exploration
Read more » | Desktop version »Device inspired by mangroves could help clear up flood water
Researchers say their synthetic system reproduces tree’s ability to desalinate water
Read more » | Desktop version »Doctors look to HIV and Ebola drugs for coronavirus cure
Early results of trials on Covid-19 patients expected in March
Read more » | Desktop version »Researchers find a western-style diet can impair brain function
After seven days on a high fat, high added sugar diet, volunteers scored worse on memory tests
Read more » | Desktop version »Having multiple children of same sex 'does not run in family'
Researchers say whether a family has lots of boys or girls, or equal mix, is down to chance
Read more » | Desktop version »Pompeii's House of Lovers reopens to public after 40 years
Jewel of ancient Roman city was severely damaged by destructive earthquake in 1980
Read more » | Desktop version »Long-term offenders have different brain structure, study says
Study found differences compared with those who did not offend or who only transgressed as adolescents
Read more » | Desktop version »No 10 furore is latest chapter in long, dark history of racist science
Idea that members of one race are intellectually superior has had to be confronted regularly
Read more » | Desktop version »Astronomers to sweep entire sky for signs of extraterrestrial life
Project is collaboration between privately-funded institute and New Mexico observatory
Read more » | Desktop version »'Not just a space potato': Nasa unveils 'astonishing' details of most distant object ever visited
It’s red, it’s cold, it’s 4bn years old: Nasa data from Arrokoth reveals ‘profound truths’ about the solar system
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