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Spooky feelings in old houses may be caused by boiler sounds, study suggests | Psychology

For believers in the paranormal, unsettling sensations brought on by old buildings can be a sinister hint of loitering spirits. But new research points...

Scientists believe birds’ skulls hold clues to inner lives of long-extinct dinosaurs | Dinosaurs

T rex is often depicted as more brawn than brains, but now scientists are hoping to probe just what was going on inside its...

‘We can tell farmers the problems’: experts say seismic waves can check soil health and boost yields | Soil

A groundbreaking soil-health measuring technique could help avert famine and drought, scientists have said.At the moment, scientists have to dig lots of holes to...

Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy

One of Britain's most distinguished scientists, Prof Sir Paul Nurse, says the government is "shooting itself in the foot" with its visa system for...

Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe’s Black Death plague

Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondentGettyThe Black Death fundamentally altered medieval societyA volcanic eruption around 1345 may have set off a chain reaction that unleashed Europe's deadliest...

High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study | Pesticides

High levels of a toxic “forever chemical” have been found in cereal products across Europe because of its presence in pesticides.The most contaminated food...

Waste plan at UK’s largest opencast mine Ffos-y-Fran ‘dangerous’

Steffan Messenger,Wales environment correspondentandGareth Bryer,BBC WalesMatthew Horwood/Getty ImagesFfos-y-Fran opencast coalmine was allowed to go ahead close to homes and businesses in Merthyr TydfilConcerns have...

Delhi hospitals saw 200,000 respiratory illness patients in three years

Getty ImagesSome hospitals in Delhi now have clinics to treat pollution-related illnessesMore than 200,000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses were recorded in six state-run...

Scientists uncover surprise origin of wispy cirrus clouds | Environment

Cirrus clouds are our highest clouds; their delicate wispy strands are like an artist’s brushstrokes through the sky. During the day they are bright...

Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments | Archaeology

As a child, Miquel López García was fascinated by the conch shell, kept in the bathroom, that his father’s family in the southern Spanish...

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