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Koroyd is here to knock polystyrene off its perch.
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Koroyd is here to knock polystyrene off its perch.
In case you have been hiding under a rock, tomorrow will see a partial solar eclipse viewable across the UK in the AM. So don't look back into the sun, get your pinhole camera ready, and here's all the details on how to watch.
Verdant-looking microscopic scene taken at University of Bristol wins top photography prize.
Sure, humans have invented fancy sex toys and internet sexbots, but we have nothing on newts when it comes to humping.
This is an image of a 'classical nova'. Sounds boring, right? Not when you describe it as "an outburst produced by a thermonuclear explosion on the surface of a white dwarf star", it's not. Read more >
We know surprisingly little about the hows and whys of their formation (and no, the answer is not just 'the cold').
This incredible liquid 3D printer actually oozes things out from a small pit of goo. Read More >>
Another 11 feet of sea-level rise on top of previous estimates, that's what.
Nerve gas, your days are numbered.
This is the world’s highest peak-power laser diode array. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's creation is capable of up to 3.2 megawatts and will be used in the European Extreme Light facility in the Czech Republic, which will be as awesome as it sounds. Read more >
Bristol Uni's nanotech bods explain their office supply-laden research to YouTube's 'how it works' king Tom Scott.
If you could take the buzz out of pills, what would be the point in taking them? This is the mindset behind pioneering work to battle medication addiction.
CLIP uses clever combination of lasers and oxygen to solidify resin in three dimensions simultaneously.
The mission to put Britons on The Red Planet is essentially a scam, says Dr Joseph Roche of Trinity College, Dublin.
Is it really going to give you arthritis, or is this just another old wives' tale designed to straighten out your bad habits? Don't worry, science says you'll probably be fine.
A purportedly groundbreaking image of light showing of dual qualities might not be exactly as it seemed.
