Roman soldiers defending Hadrian’s Wall had intestinal parasites
Roman soldiers might have had enemies inside their bodiesAndrea Matone / Alamy…
Strange lemon-shaped exoplanet defies the rules of planet formation
An artist’s impression of PSR J2322-2650bNASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) Astronomers…
Crash clock says satellites in orbit are three days from disaster
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Saturn’s rings form a giant dusty doughnut encircling the planet
Saturn and its rings, captured by the Cassini spacecraftNASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Specks…
Some Arctic warming ‘irreversible’ even if we cut atmospheric CO2
A glacier meets the sea in Dickson Fjord, GreenlandJane Rix/Alamy The Arctic…
Mars may once have had a much larger moon
The Gale crater on MarsZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy A Mars crater may have…
Qubits break quantum limit to encode information for longer
Quantum particles can now be made to carry useful information for longerkoto_feja/Getty…
New antibiotic could stave off drug-resistant gonorrhoea
Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteriaJ Marshall/Tribaleye Images / Alamy Drug-resistant gonorrhoea is on the…
Supposedly distinct psychiatric conditions may have same root causes
We may have misunderstood the genetic basis of psychiatric conditionsCNRI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY…
Australia’s social media ban faces challenges and criticism on day one
Instagram has warned under 16s that their accounts will be closedStringer/AFP via…
