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New research reveals a "habitability signature" to detect liquid water on planets, potentially aiding in the search for life.

Other lives: Professor at Birmingham University and historian of 16th-century France who wrote a study of the reign of François I

The NHS programme appears to help patients lose weight and reduce blood pressure, as well as reduce their sugar levels.

Workout wear made from synthetic fabric is treated with chemicals, which research shows can be absorbed through skin

Research finds that more than half of rape survivors have no detectable injuries

Sufferers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) at increased risk of developing serious mental health issues

Tiny crustaceans described as ‘the bioequivalent of a Dyson vacuum cleaner for wastewater’

Stefan Wolff professor of international security at the University of Birmingham explains how Yevgeny Prigozhin is just another in a long line of those who have faced an early demise after opposing Vladimir Putin. 

BACK in May this year I found myself at an undisclosed military training base somewhere in Kyiv Oblast in Ukraine.

Google the words “Ukraine counteroffensive” and the adverb you will most commonly find associated with them is “slowly”. The popular misconception in the months leading up to the launch of Ukraine’s summer push was that, like last autumn’s lightning counter-attacks around Kherson in the south and Kharkiv in the north-east…

Scientists analysed dust from air filters within the ISS and compared them to contaminants found in houses on Earth.