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A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their DNA finally have a face

The Draconid meteor shower is happening between 6 and 10 October, peaking on 9 October, and you should be able to see it if you are in the northern he

Metallic nanoparticles injected into the retina partly restored vision in blind mice and could work as a treatment for conditions that damage light-se

The closest living relatives of the bacteria that moved into the cells of a larger organism more than a billion years ago and eventually became mitoch

When the experimental XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic speeds on a test flight, it did not create a disruptive sonic boom – thanks to a physics pheno

Researchers pieced together the genomes of two unknown species of green sulphur bacteria from DNA fragments found in ancient calcified tooth plaque

It would be tricky to burn away the outer layers of Uranus, but doing so could reveal a possible stash of gems – in this episode of Dead Planets Socie

The brain processes voices differently depending on the volume of the speaker and if the listener is focused on them

An AI inspired by the way humans form long-term memories during sleep can learn to perform tasks better than existing models

Venus will vanish behind the moon for about an hour in the morning of 9 November in Europe, western Russia and some of northern Africa – here’s how to