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Flies' disease-carrying potential may be greater than previously thought, say US researchers.

Scientists call the new timelapse video the "most complete global picture of life on Earth to date".

Patients became less distressed and heard voices less often compared with those who had counselling.

A population of finches on the Galapagos is discovered in the process of becoming a new species.

Concerns that Dolly the cloned sheep had early-onset arthritis were unfounded, scientists say.

The fatty acids released in cooking may help form clouds that limit global warming, say scientists.

But there is no reason to start drinking coffee for health reasons, the BMJ study found.

There's been a 90% drop in the trade in wild birds around the globe mainly due to an EU ban, say researchers.

Satellite images show that artificially-lit areas are expanding around the world.

Neutrinos are famous for travelling through solid objects, but they don't go through everything, a study shows.

Much of the world is "losing the night" as artificial light becomes brighter and more widespread, say scientists.

Plague was present in Europe during the late Stone Age, according to a study of ancient remains.

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has made investment in research the centrepiece of his budget.

The genes that caused scales to become feathers in the early ancestors of birds have been found by US scientists.

A Supreme Court Justice launches the first of a series of scientific guides for UK judges.

More than 70,000 seeds have been sent from Kew's Millennium Seed Bank to Lebanon, for vital crop research.

The biohacker movement wants to cure disease without the help of government or big companies

Thousands more cases - including violent and sexual crimes - could be affected by "manipulated" tests.

The weather service says the levels of a radioactive isotope were nearly 1,000 times normal levels.

Europe's top court says Poland must prove it has stopped logging in Bialowieza forest or face fines.