Scientists have been given permission to genetically modify human embryos for the first time in the UK.
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)...
Scientific progress is almost certain to bring disaster to planet Earth within the next few thousand years, according to Professor Stephen Hawking.
The world-renowned cosmologist...
South Korea retaliated for North Korea’s nuclear test with broadcasts of anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the rival’s border.
Today is believed to be the birthday of...
A sophisticated instrument that helps scientists gain new insights into the make-up of the universe has been upgraded, with the help of researchers from...
A private space company said it has landed a rocket upright and gently enough to be used again, a milestone in commercial aeronautics.
The achievement...
Scientists have found Ebola stays in the semen of male survivors for up to nine months after recovery - much longer than previously thought.
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Sweden’s Tomas Lindahl, American Paul Modrich and US-Turkish scientist Aziz Sancar have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for “mechanistic studies of DNA repair”.
The...