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A team of four leaves Florida on a SpaceX rocket and capsule, bound for the orbiting laboratory.

Prof Ugur Sahin also raises hopes the vaccine, developed with Pfizer. could halve Covid transmission.

Issues are not caused by the drug but by people believing it will make them sick, a study suggests.

A video clip of a girl who died with her family crossing the English Channel highlights their drive for a better life.

We've looked at four false Covid vaccine claims that won’t go away.

Scottish photographer Kieran Dodds has been taking pictures of people from around the world with ginger hair.

More satellites are ordered for the EU project that monitors the state of the planet.

Cognitive Load Theory provides a useful framework for understanding the different ways the pandemic could be playing havoc with your mental function.

How has a seemingly straightforward image – an eye set within a triangle – become a lightning rod for conspiracy theorists? Matthew Wilson looks at the history of an ambiguous symbol.

The sculpture depicts an Alabay, a Turkmen shepherd dog prized for its "pride and self-confidence".

In the past six months there have been at least 40 incidents involving Orcas off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.

The green light is given to the near-billion-euro space observatory that will study far-off worlds.

Flying cars may seem futuristic – but from commercial jetpacks to personal air taxis, they are already here. Here’s how they could transform the way we commute, work and live.

Canada’s remote Gros Morne National Park is one of the few places where you can see the Earth’s mantle.

Exclusive: A forensic investigation finds evidence of deliberate burning in Papua's palm oil plantations.

From its chance 1920s invention in Russia, the theremin beguiled Hollywood and sparked a musical revolution, writes Norman Miller.

A year ago, three Mormon women and six of their children were massacred in Mexico's Sonora desert. What has happened to the families left behind?

Although paradoxes often trip us up, embracing contradictory ideas may actually be the secret to creativity and leadership.

The Nigerian leading a battle to help rescue those like herself from a life of prostitution in Sicily.

The parcel delivery firm says it will loosen guidelines for more than 500,000 workers globally.

For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the United States has had to contend with historic dams – and now four of them are set to be taken down.

In a few scrawled notes to a friend, biologist Charles Darwin theorised how life began. It might be one of science’s greatest hunches.

Theirs is an epic tale of resilience and pluck, a seafarer's yarn of high-seas adventure that has seen them brave some of the world's wildest water

A new plastic island in the South Atlantic raises fears about the level of plastic pollution our seas, but new research could help this worrying trend from worsening.