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Gigantic seabirds once glided over the Australian coast

  Huge bony-toothed birds soared in the sky over Australia five million years ago, fossil evidence shows.

Scientists baffled over disappearing stardust

Disappearing stardust challenges theories of how planets form.

Photographing the world’s smallest shadow

How few atoms do we need to cast a shadow?

Why is everyone talking about the Higgs boson?

Tonight scientists at the CERN research centre will release a press statement explaining whether or not they have found the Higgs boson. Although most of us are not too familiar with this hypothetical…

Meet RightingBot, the lizard inspired robot

A lizard-inspired robot has been developed; it has the ability to always land right side up.

Is there such thing as a five-second rule?

The food myth disproven.

Bend it like Beckham…scientifically

The perfect soccer ball kicking formula has been calculated.

Powering a mobile phone with a T-shirt

Soon you will be able to charge your mobile phone with a humble T-shirt.

Elephantnose fish don’t just have unusual noses

Scientists have found that elephantnose fish have excellent vision due to the unique structure of their retina.

Higgs boson: the quest continues

After years and years, the quest seems to be over”¦ or at least that is what we expect to hear next week, when CERN’s scientists unveil their results at the at the 36th International…

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