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US prosecutors investigate claims that lobbyists sought a presidential pardon by offering kickbacks.

The discovery is expected to advance medical research in treating disease.

One-month old Molly Gibson has broken the record set by her own sister, Emma, now three years old.

Twenty ticketholders win in South Africa after the unusual sequence, sparking claims of fraud.

Although many have been off the road during lockdown, research is showing that the desire to drive may surge in a post-pandemic world.

A BBC reporter's relative fled to neighbouring Sudan by foot and boat, losing his shoes on the way.

Despite a third wave, nearly 500,000 South Koreans will sit for critical university entrance tests.

Uranium enrichment would increase to 20% with UN inspectors blocked, if sanctions are not eased.

AWS Panorama adds a range of employee monitoring powers to existing workplace camera systems.

Researchers say the paintings in modern-day Colombia are believed to be about 12,000 years old.

The world's most productive astronomical facility releases its third big tranche of sky data.

Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton want to promote confidence in Covid vaccine safety.

Maps will feature peaks and glaciers named after British individuals who've advanced polar science.

IBM says organisations involved in moving coronavirus vaccines at chilled temperatures were targeted.

Parents are often the ones supporting their children. But if your parents turned the table and asked you to foot the bills, would you?

In Sweden, casual chattiness is seen as needless, since conversation is used for exchanging real, meaningful information.

Peat bogs have played historic role in Ireland’s economy and culture, but this high-carbon fuel is in fast decline. How will Ireland’s peat-reliant regions adapt?

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Kelly Grovier picks 14 of the most startling photos from this year – including a breaching shark, a volcanic eruption and wildfires – and compares them with iconic artworks.

Far from land, deep sea mining trials have left barren marks that are still there decades later, and as Richard Fisher writes, they symbolise two different timescales colliding.

Filmmaker Xavier Alford explores up to his rare illness for the first time as it slowly paralyses his arms and legs.

A rare excavation south of Oslo will provide new details about Viking culture.

The US space agency has awarded two American and one Japanese firm contracts to pick up lunar soil.

A Japanese spacecraft has released a container with material grabbed from a primitive space rock.