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A centuries-old vision of a mechanical volcano has finally erupted into reality, as two University of Melbourne engineering students recreated a design first imagined in 1775 by volcanology enthusiast Sir William Hamilton. Drawing from an 18th-century watercolor and a preserved sketch, they used mod...

An algorithm has suggested images of what were thought to be Anne Boleyn might not be.

We explore the mechanisms causing Europe's warming twice as fast as the global average.

Visitors will be able to watch live veterinary procedures inside a state-of-the-art new animal hospital.

Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago, according to fossil evidence.

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Rebecca Morelle speaks to astronaut Jeremy Hansen ahead of the Artemis II Moon mission.

Britain is preparing to cancel its contribution to one of the Large Hadron Collider's next major upgrades.

A UCLA study in mice reveals that aging muscle stem cells accumulate a protein that slows repair but boosts survival. This protein, NDRG1, acts like a brake, preventing cells from activating quickly after injury. When researchers blocked it in older mice, muscle healing sped up dramatically — but st...