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The bright discs of gas around a galaxy’s central black hole are thought to be obscured by a torus of dust. We’ve now seen one directly

Newly discovered species of fish, sea spiders, clams, starfish and snails have been spotted around methane plumes on an otherwise barren Arctic floor

Some sites use algorithms to match people looking for love – "metadating" goes a step further and lets you pore over a potential date's data

Global CO2 emissions have stalled. Have we reached a turning point, or are delegates at this week's UN signing ceremony putting their names to a doomed deal?

The hunt for Planet Nine heats up as a new analysis of the Cassini spacecraft's data narrows down the orbit of the potential planet at the edge of the solar system

The UK’s membership of the EU may have slowed adoption of some biotechnology, but overall it is has been good for science, says a House of Lords report

Forget frenetic first-person shooters or difficult puzzles – the newest breed of smartphone games are a lot more gentle

Unveiled this week, the Sydney Nanoscience Hub has air 100 times cleaner than an operating theatre, and is shielded by Faraday cages

Over the past 20 years, the incidence of dementia has fallen by 41 per cent in men – but only by 2.5 per cent in women, who are more prone to the disease

Some chemicals detected in yellowfin tuna stop cells expelling harmful molecules, raising new questions about how cocktails of pollutants affect health