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Scientists analyse the genomes of five southern Africans, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

‘Cross-fostering’ aims to save marsupial species

Astronauts complete their third and final spacewalk of the current shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

Scientists are publishing details of their research of the DNA of large wild cattle that died out almost 400 years ago.

The Big Garden Birdwatch, the world’s largest wildlife survey, is launched by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

Astronomers detect a stellar-sized black hole much further away than any such object previously known.

People are able to recognise negative sounds such as expressions of disgust across cultures, say scientists.

Astronomers detect a stellar-sized black hole much further away than any such object previously known.

Scientists reveal that the bristles of a small, 125 million-year-old dinosaur were in fact ginger-coloured feathers.

The US space agency concedes defeat in its battle to free the Spirit rover from its Martian sand trap.