Goalkeepers not to blame for England’s football penalty curse
The study's lead author Michel Brinkschulte, from the same institute, said the reasons for past losses on penalties "most likely...
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Why Mauritius is losing its seashells
The rising temperature of the sea water has affected much of the ecosystem, including seashells in which molluscs live, while...
Climate change: Storm clouds gather after COP26
"The UK, as hosts of COP26, spent the last two years working tirelessly with countries to build trust, which ultimately...
Israel tries to contain avian flu outbreak after 5,000 wild cranes die
Israeli media reported that more than half a million egg-laying chickens at Moshav Margaliot, a communal farm about 12km (7...
Climate change: Small army of volunteers keeping deniers off Wikipedia
"Wikipedia is just an uncomfortable place to be if you want to promote a point of view that goes against...
Ancient mass migration transformed Britons’ DNA
But the new DNA signature soon spreads: "From around 1,000BC, suddenly that ancestry seems to disperse all the way through...
Europe spat will weaken research – science leaders
Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, told BBC News that ''losing the agreement on UK participation in the...
James Webb: A last look at Hubble’s successor before launch
We're just a few days away now from the expected launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. The successor to...
Largest-ever millipede fossil found on Northumberland beach
"Finding these giant millipede fossils is rare, because once they died, their bodies tend to disarticulate, so it's likely that...
The world’s first octopus farm – should it go ahead?
But octopus tentacles sizzle in pans, coil on plates and float in soups around the world - from Asia to...
Kentucky tornado killed dad moments after phone call
Katie Fields lost her father in the deadly tornadoes that hit multiple US states last Friday night. She spoke with...
Bird songs bump stars off Australian music chart
One in six Australian birds are now threatened, according to a study by Charles Darwin University - that is, 216...
James Webb: A $10bn machine in search of the end of darkness
Former Nasa project scientist Mark Clampin explains: "Because it's such a big and complex observatory, and also because it has...
US tornadoes: Is climate change to blame?
"To an untrained eye, it may look like we are having more of these events happening - but in reality...
Nuclear fusion reactor experiment to produce clean energy
On an industrial estate just outside Didcot in the south of England, an experiment is taking place that will create...
Space sleeping bag to solve astronauts’ squashed eyeball disorder
On Earth, gravity pulls fluids down into the body each time a person gets out of bed - something known...
Ariel: Contract signed to build European planet telescope
"We will build the telescope out of aluminium, out of the same material, so that when it goes from room...
Nasa unveils new class of astronaut candidates
"Each of you has amazing backgrounds," Pam Melroy, a former Nasa astronaut and the agency's deputy administrator, told the candidates....
