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Scientists Reverse Signs of Ageing

New genetic treatment using stem cells suggests we can turn back the clock on old age

Robot Given the Human Touch

Artificial hands with an almost human-like sense of touch could be on their way.

This Is Why We Dance

As Strictly reaches its climax, millions of people will be tuning in to watch. But why are we such dance-lovers? Science might just have the answers…

Are Humans Still Evolving?

We may no longer suffer the evolutionary pressures that plagued our ancestors, but this doesn’t mean mother nature has gone into retirement...

Flying High

Daniel Bennett throws on his winter woollies and braves the great outdoors to put DJI’s new Mavic Pro drone to the test

Life After Man

From asteroid strike to climate change to nuclear war, humanity faces all kinds of existential threats. But if our species disappeared d tomorrow, what would actually happen – and what kind of planet would we be leaving behind?

What's At The Centre Of The Earth?

We live on the surface of a dense, rocky ball, but science has allowed us to peer deep within its core

Understand Water

It’s one of the strangest substances in the Universe, but we wouldn’t exist without it. Welcome to the wonderful world of water…

Seven Earth-Sized Exoplanets Found

The system of planets found orbiting nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 may be our best chance yet of finding alien life.

Mouse Embryo Created From Stem Cells For The First Time

By using two different types of stem cell, researchers at the University of Cambridge have successfully built an artificial mouse embryo in the laboratory – a breakthrough that may help us understand why two out of three human pregnancies fail during the early stages.

My Life Scientific

Forensic psychologist Kerry Daynes talks to Helen Pilcher about psychopaths, stalkers and the surreal side of working with serial killers.