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Scientists reveal the oldest possible age a human could live to be

Tech 2 days ago By Caroline Westbrook

Meteorite that crashed into home 'shows signs of how life came to Earth'

Tech 6 days ago By Rory McKeown

A GIF of a quantum computer chip with groovy patterns coming out from it.

The clever new tech that could make AI look stupid

Tech 3 days ago By Josh Milton

Empty Oxford Street without people

The controversial theory that predicts when humans will go extinct

Tech July 15, 2026 By Steve Charnock

Seagull standing on wooden post while calling with beak open.

Seagulls are getting drunk on flying ants and it's causing a right kerfuffle

UK July 14, 2026 By Lizzie McAllister

A flying robot going under water

New robot can swim underwater before flying through the air like a bird

Tech July 13, 2026 By Rory McKeown

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Dolly the sheep at 30: The clone that changed science (and celebrity petdom)

UK July 5, 2026 By Amy Reid

ONLINE EMBARGO 10.00 BST, 30/06/26 This image depicts a mouse?s retina suffering from conditions similar to diabetic retinopathy both before (right) and after (left) being treated with human lab-grown retinal endothelial cells. The green in the left image shows the human lab-grown retinal endothelial cells integrating into the damaged mouse retina, demonstrating their potential use to treat early stages of the disease. Blind people have been offered fresh hope of seeing again after lab-grown cells restored retinal function in mice.The breakthrough shows promise for new eye therapies, say American scientists.Biomedical engineers at Duke University, North Carolina, used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow specialised blood vessel cells critical to retinal health for the first time.When injected into mouse models of retinal disease, the ?retinal endothelial cells? integrated into the damaged tissue to regenerate blood vessels and restore retinal function. Photo released 30/06/2026

Blind people given fresh hope after scientific breakthrough

Tech June 30, 2026 By Lizzie McAllister

The grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) is a megabat native to Australia.

Boy, 11, dies of rabies 19 days after waking up with bat lying on his mouth

World June 30, 2026 By Lizzie McAllister

Scientists think life could exist on Venus - but came from Earth

Tech June 30, 2026 By Rory McKeown

Even penguins in Antarctica feel the heat after temperatures rise 15°C above normal

World June 29, 2026 By Rory McKeown

The newly discovered Taczanowskia waska spider.

Newly-discovered fungus spider is like something out of The Last of US

Weird June 23, 2026 By Rory McKeown

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What happens if you’re still alive after doctors declare you dead?

Lifestyle July 9, 2026 By Sarah Ingram

An image of the goblin shark swimming in the sea.

'World's ugliest shark’ filmed alive in deep sea for first time

Weird June 18, 2026 By Rory McKeown

A concept rendering of the RV11000 ship.

First look inside £600,000,000 yacht gaming billionaire is having built

Tech June 20, 2026 By Rory McKeown

A picture of the 'ghost dog'

Secrets of the mysterious 'ghost dogs' of the Amazon revealed after rare sightings

Weird June 17, 2026 By Rory McKeown