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A free new Chrome and Firefox extension called Unpaywall seeks to get you past that paywall and show you the data you want.
Hundreds of individual waterways gush across our planet’s ice-covered continent in the summertime.
A child-seeking couple visits a fertility clinic to try their luck with in-vitro fertilisation, only to wind up accidentally impregnated by the wrong sperm.
A new facial reconstruction of a Stone Age woman who lived in Thailand roughly 13,600 years presents a pleasant and probably more accurate visage.
It seems like every week, there’s a new contender for Coolest Planet Where There Are Definitely Aliens.
Every cutting-edge medical procedure performed on a sea turtle is a learning experience for the small but dedicated group of vets who treat these unusual patients.
What do we want? Double-blind results! When do we want them? After peer review!
That's according to Eurogamer, who are usually quite good with this sort of thing.
In 1898, a pair of lions feasted on the most fearsome of predators: humans. They killed 135 people in the process, but why? We're generally a last resort meal.
Of all the ways to usher in worldwide panic, if the cause is tiny fucking satellites, I’m going to be so pissed off.
70 years ago Britain was a nuclear pioneer - but now it appears that Brexit could make cleaning up our radioactive legacy even harder, if this government document is anything to go by.
Despite what logic would suggest, science says we are far more likely to choose an unflattering shot of ourselves than a total stranger.
Physicists are cautiously excited, because if these results hold up, they would imply the existence of some brand-new particles.
The discovery could lead to an entirely new source of powerful anti-viral drugs.
Combined with climate change, the food of the distant future may look very different.
