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Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy.

There's a new addition to the family tree: an extinct species of human that's been found in the Philippines.

Valentin Amrhein, Sander Greenland, Blake McShane and more than 800 signatories call for an end to hyped claims and the dismissal of possibly crucial effects, says Valentin Amrhein, Sander Greenland & Blake McShane.

NASA satellite data reveals the Earth is greening, with China and India leading the increase in green leaf area.

Libraries and Elsevier cannot agree on an access deal

The author’s recently released literary offering, ‘Merchants of Truth,’ has been billed as “the definitive in-the-room account of the revolution that has swept the news industry.” But it appears that at least part of her “in-the-room…

The potential impact Brexit could have on Scotland’s construction sector is to be investigated by a Holyrood committee. The economy, energy and fair work committee inquiry will also consider the effect technological changes and automation…

A court in Germany has dismissed a high-profile case of alleged animal cruelty brought against neuroscientist Nikos Logothetis, less than three weeks before hearings were scheduled to begin. The administrative court in Tübingen announced…

The Nature Nanotechnology scientific journal published a research achievement in its front page entitled “Emerging hydro voltaic technology” developed by the nanotechnology research team of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics…

China’s Chang’e 4 space probe has relayed its first image of the far side of the moon back to Earth, revealing a rocky surface blemished by small potholes and what appears to be a large crater. The history-making photograph marks the…