Cosmic cooperation is just what space exploration needs
30 May 2018
Questions such as whether Mars ever hosted life are too big to be left to any one nation – efforts to join forces on space missions are the future
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Papua New Guinea bans Facebook for a month in fake news blitz
30 May 2018
The country is planning a month-long Facebook shutdown to conduct research on the social media network, weed out fake users and stem "false or misleading” information
GM golden rice gets approval from food regulators in the US
30 May 2018
The genetically modified rice, designed to prevent blindness in undernourished children, was judged safe to eat last week by the US Food and Drug Administration
Faulty placenta may explain why some people get schizophrenia
29 May 2018
A poorly-working placenta may affect brain development in the womb, and this could explain the link between pregnancy complications and schizophrenia
Dentists can smell your fear – and it may put your teeth at risk
25 May 2018
A study of sweaty T-shirts suggests dentists can smell when someone is anxious, and it makes them more likely to make mistakes and damage neighbouring teeth
Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming
24 May 2018
The asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago caused dramatic climate change, which could mean we are underestimating how much the planet will warm in the coming centuries
We may have got the evolution of our big brains entirely wrong
23 May 2018
Many scientists think that our big brains evolved to help us cope with the complexities of social living, but a model suggests it was more to do with finding food and lighting fires
Seafood-lovers have more sex and take less time to get pregnant
23 May 2018
Couples who eat seafood more than twice a week have more sex and get pregnant quicker, a study of 1000 people has found, although the reason why remains unclear
