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Eta Aquariid meteor shower to light up the night sky with shooting stars

The celestial display is expected to peak in the early hours of May 6 with up to 50 meteors per hour.  » Read More

Cannabis addiction appears to have ‘serious’ long-term effect in young men

‘Study adds to growing understanding that cannabis use is not harmless’  » Read More

Simple inexpensive tests found to predict dementia risk years in advance

‘Incorporating muscle function tests as part of dementia screening could be useful to identify high-risk individuals’  » Read More

In A Galactic First, Star Swallows Planet In One Big Gulp

It’s a gloomy preview of what will happen to Earth when our sun morphs into a red giant and gobbles the four inner planets in another 5 billion years.“If it’s any consolation, this will happen in about 5 billion years,”  » Read More

Chimpanzees can combine calls to communicate new meaning – study

Researchers suggest this ability might be evolutionarily more ancient than previously thought.  » Read More

Warning over rapid rise in fungal attacks posing ‘catastrophic’ threat to global food supply

Global heating may intensify ‘perfect storm’ fuelling world’s largest threat to crops  » Read More

‘Huge advance’ helps cancer drug reach human brain for first time

Four-minute procedure can be performed with patient awake and allows them to go home in few hours  » Read More

Weather conditions ‘may influence song’s success in UK music charts’

Songs that evoked positive emotions performed better in the charts when the weather was warm and sunny.  » Read More

‘When life got interesting’: Scientist couple’s UK fossil find unravels how Earth’s lifeforms diversified

New fossils throw fresh perspective on early animal evolution  » Read More

Coma patients may experience fleeting consciousness seconds before death, study finds

Patients whose life support was removed showed surge of ‘gamma’ brain activity linked with consciousness  » Read More

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