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Infection rates are continuing to decline, Office for National Statistics data shows.

The koala retrovirus (KoRV) is a virus that, like other retroviruses such as HIV, inserts itself into the DNA of an infected cell. At some point in the past 50,000 years, KoRV has infected the egg or sperm cells of koalas, leading to offspring that carry the retrovirus in ...

The team definitively linked the extinction of the dinosaurs to an asteroid that impacted the earth 66 million years ago. The link came when the team found a key piece of evidence in the form of asteroid dust inside the Chicxulub Crater in the Yucatán Peninsula ...

According to NASA, Parker spotted a previously unseen glow that could be a product of oxygen in the inhospitable planet's atmosphere. The unexpected clarity of surface features also has scientists reassessing how sensitive Parker's cameras are.

Mary Winston Jackson successfully overcame the barriers of segregation and gender bias to become a professional aerospace engineer and leader in ensuring equal opportunities for future generations. Want more inspiring ...

(CNN) Look up at the night sky tonight to catch a glimpse of February's full moon, which will be 100% full on Saturday at 3:17 a.m. ET. The full moon will be visible around the world, but poor weather may block the view for some. Moon gazers can watch a live ...

Perseverance is not yet ready to dive into that science work; the mission team is still conducting health and status checks on its various instruments and subsystems. But the six-wheeled robot recently used its Mastcam- ...

Since December 2019, the sun has been moving into a busier part of its cycle, when increasingly intense pulses of energy can shoot out in all directions. Some of these large bursts of charged particles head right toward Earth. Without a good way to anticipate ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) co-authored a study, published in the journal Science, that details the sequencing of 64 full human genomes. This reference data includes individuals from around the world and better ...

February's full moon, also known as the full Snow Moon, will shine brightly this weekend, and you can catch it if you're in the mood for some early-morning skywatching. The moon will be completely full at exactly 3:17 a.m. EST (2017 GMT) Saturday (Feb. 27).

Teachers and other occupations should not be prioritised in the next phase, say UK vaccine experts.

A team of researchers led by the University at Buffalo has shown how graphene, already heralded as a wonder material, can be given magnetic properties. Graphene is known as a 'wonder material' for a number of reasons. Comprising a one-atom-thick layer ...

On Sunday, February 28, 3 astronauts will perform the first in a pair of International Space Station spacewalks to ready the station for solar array upgrades. How to watch live. Sharing is caring! Tweet. Share. Pin. Mail. Share. Astronaut in a white spacesuit ...

Ever since the idea of the Space Force was announced, one of the things that has captured the public's attention has been uniforms. And according to the Space Force's top general, the public won't have to wait much longer. Gen. Jay Raymond told POLITICO ...

The entire koala population of Queensland and New South Wales is now thought to be carrying the virus. Koalas. Bushfires killed hundreds of koalas last year ...

Humans sometimes misrepresent their age to hook a potential date. Some birds also use deception: researchers have found that certain male lyrebirds falsely signal that a predator is nearby to boost their chances of mating. The superb lyrebird (Menura ...

(Reuters) - Social media in Queensland, Australia lit up on Thursday night, matching the flashing night sky as users posted short videos of what experts later said was debris from a Chinese rocket burning up as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. “I thought it ...

It took 27 minutes for Hope to finish burning its main thrusters, moving the spacecraft down slowly to get into initial capture orbit around Mars at about 10.57 a.m Eastern. Mohammed Bin Rashid announced this. The ...

The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has spied a comet-like object known as a Centaur that has settled near a group of captured ancient asteroids called Trojans orbiting alongside Jupiter. NASA says this is the first time a comet-like object has been spotted ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has finally released the stunning image captured by the space agency's Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft sent to study our host star. Solar Probe Captures Venus. In a blog post published by ...