10 h. ago ‘Mind blown’: scientists discover sex reversal in kookaburras and lorikeets with cause unknown

Almost all of the ‘sex discordant’ birds were genetically female but had male reproductive organs, study findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAbout 5% of common Australian wild birds including kookaburras and lorikeets could have undergone a “sex reversal” where their genetic sex does not match their reproductive organs, according to a new study.The study is thought to be the first to find widespread sex reversal across multiple wild bird species, but the cause of the phenomenon is not yet known. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Scientists discover astonishing razortooth whale which lived 25 million years ago

A new species of prehistoric whale has been discovered in Australia

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50 h. ago Scientists discover the household pet that develops dementia like a human

The breakthrough was hailed as a “perfect natural model for Alzheimer’s” by scientists who worked on it

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63 h. ago People who live to 100 all share a 'superhuman' ability, scientists discover... could YOU be one of them?

While healthy eating and regular exercise can boost overall health, scientists now say the secret to a long life may actually be an innate ability to delay and even avoid disease.

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64 h. ago Scientists discover a new giant gas planet in 'Earth's neighbourhood'

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for a giant gas planet in a nearby solar system - with moons that could be habitable.

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3 d. ago The peanut panacea: Eating just a handful of the snack every day could slow down ageing

The real secret to staying young could be simply eating a handful of peanuts every day. Scientists have discovered it slows down cellular ageing.

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3 d. ago Laughter really is the best medicine as watching comedy before operation cuts pain

Turkish scientists discovered that watching just 25 minutes of TV comedy before an abdominal operation could lessen the pain felt by the patient afterwards

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5 d. ago New evidence of giant gas planet around ‘Earth’s closest solar twin’

The confirmation of the gas giant planet would mark a milestone as the closest planet to Earth that orbits in a habitable zone of a star like the sun

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5 d. ago Most massive black hole EVER discovered: Huge behemoth is 10,000 times heavier than the void at the centre of the Milky Way

Scientists have found the most massive black hole ever discovered in a galaxy five billion light-years from Earth.

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6 d. ago New tarantula with giant manhood to keep girls at bay discovered by scientists

Researchers reckon they have evolved with enormous manhoods so they can keep their distance from aggressive females known to eat partners during sex

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7 d. ago Scientists FINALLY crack the mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome

Scientists have discovered why people with the debilitating condition, which causes chronic fatigue, develop the disease.

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7 d. ago Dancing cockatoos are 'John Travoltas of the bird world', scientists discover

The popular pet birds know at least 30 dance moves, including head banging, side steps and body rolls

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7 d. ago Warning as scientists discover proof that Ozempic 'wastes away muscles'

Once aimed at diabetes patients, drugs like Ozempic are famous for bringing about rapid weight loss. But the injections often come with side effects,

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1 week ago Humans could all be aliens from Mars according to a shock new theory

Marcus Chown said it is possible that humans are in fact aliens from Mars because the Red Planet was habitable before Earth

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3 w. ago Fears rise over Yellowstone supervolcano eruption as new hole discovered in park basin

A new 13ft hole in a basin in Yellowstone National Park has been discovered by scientists leading to rising fears it could be on the verge of an eruption

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3 w. ago Scientists discover Pfizer COVID jab linked to major eye damage

A team of researchers in Turkey have discovered multiple signs of stress in the eye after patients took Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. Long-term changes could have severe implications.

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3 w. ago Scientists discover Pfizer COVID jab linked to eye changes that raise corneal damage risk

A team of researchers in Turkey have discovered multiple signs of stress in the eye after patients took Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. Long-term changes could have severe implications.

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3 w. ago Earth 'does contain alien life' and it could mean another planet can host humans

A team of experts have been studying our own ocean in a bid to see whether one of Jupiter's moons – Europa – might have the capacity to have microbial life on it

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3 w. ago Jupiter was once massive enough to hold 2,000 Earths says research

Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, is 11 times wider than Earth, and has a mass 2.5 times greater than all of the rest of the planets combined

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3 w. ago Is Yellowstone's supervolcano on the brink of erupting? Scientists discover a new HOLE in one of the park's basins

The unsettling 13-foot gap is located at Norris Geyser Basin - one of the hottest, oldest and most dynamic of Yellowstone's thermal areas.

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