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Globally significant volcanic event formed Giant’s Causeway, scientists find | Geology

For centuries, the tale has been passed from generation to generation: how the Irish giant Finn McCool built the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland...

Antidepressants and antipsychotics could serve as alternatives to opioids, study finds | Opioids

A range of other medications could serve as alternatives to powerful opioids for pain relief in emergency departments, according to a new study.The review...

Scientists make breakthrough in solving mystery of volcanic lightning | Volcanoes

Researchers are a step closer to understanding volcanic lightning, one of the most spectacular atmospheric phenomena, which can be seen playing among the clouds...

The Pentagon released its UFO videos – so I went to the US to chase aliens. This is what I found | Alien life

I never gave much thought to aliens beyond Star Wars. I put extraterrestrials and their flying saucers in a box marked “nonsense” long ago,...

‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars | Mars

Nasa’s Curiosity rover has detected organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth.Five of the...

Gut microbiome can reveal risk of Parkinson’s, scientists say | Parkinson’s disease

Changes to microbes that live in the gut can identify people at greater risk of Parkinson’s disease long before symptoms develop, according to work...

‘The Moon and The Zoo’: Simon Armitage poem celebrates 200 years of ZSL | Zoology

Over its two centuries, acclaimed writers and artists have found inspiration at London zoo, from Edwin Landseer’s Trafalgar Square lions, to AA Milne’s naming...

‘Oscar of science’ awarded to team behind gene therapy that restores lost vision | Science

A married couple who met over a dissected brain and went on to create the first approved gene therapy for blindness have been awarded...

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