12 h. ago Breakthrough as scientists discover how the human brain solves new problems

Researchers have developed tests that can be used to assess a person’s reasoning skills

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48 h. ago Breakthrough as scientists find new antibiotic for STI 'superbug' on the rise in England

Scientists have found a potential antibiotic for drug-resistant gonorrhoea as cases rise

Politics

49 h. ago Super Gonorrhoea breakthrough as new antibiotic works against mutant STI on the rise in Britain

Scientists discover first new antibiotic for gonorrhoea since the 1990s following warnings 'the world is facing an antibiotic apocalypse' if new drugs not found

Economics

7 d. ago Full list of extinct animals being brought back to life by scientists after dire wolf breakthrough

A genetic engineering company has stunned the world by bringing the ancient dire wolf back from extinction, but it won't stop there. Here are the next three species Colossal Biosciences will resurrect.

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9 d. ago Breakthrough for MALE birth control pill: Scientists begin testing hormone

Developed in collaboration with Columbia University in New York and YourChoice Therapeutics, YCT-529 works as a contraceptive by stopping the production of sperm.

Science

2 w. ago Warning issued over ‘untreatable’ gonorrhoea amid rise in cases

More and more cases aren’t responding to antibiotics

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2 w. ago Gonorrhoea could become ‘untreatable’, doctors warn amid rise in antibiotic

More and more cases aren’t responding to antibiotics

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2 w. ago Victorian superbug sweeps in as worrying hotspot identified as infections rise

The rise is so bad that the United Kingdom could lose its World Health Organisation (WHO) status for having a low number of cases of the infection.

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2 w. ago Malaria breakthrough as scientists find drug makes human blood deadly to mosquitoes

Researchers say the drug is able to kill older mosquitoes that are most likely to transmit malaria

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3 w. ago Pig liver successfully transplanted into human for first time at Chinese military hospital

Breakthrough by Chinese scientists could lead to pig livers being used to keep people alive while they await a suitable human donor which can take months or even years

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3 w. ago Drug breakthrough could 'slash heart attack and stroke risk' as scientists claim it 'could save thousands of lives'

Taking two common cholesterol drugs together could slash the risk of cardiovascular problems, a new study suggests

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3 w. ago MH370 'breakthrough' as scientist believes speck is plane missing since 2014

The aircraft went missing with 239 people on board back in 2014

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3 w. ago UK scientists behind clean power AI breakthrough win £1m Government prize

The design tool rapidly helps to analyse materials used for clean energy, transport and key infrastructure.

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last month MH370 'breakthrough' as scientist believes tiny yellow speck is missing plane

Dr Lyne, a former University of Tasmania researcher, has previously theorised that MH370's disappearance was not an accident but due to the actions of pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah

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