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A twist on a classic free will experiment suggests that impulsive people have less time to veto their own actions once the decision to act has been made

The first excavations of an amazingly well-preserved archaeological site offer an unprecedented glimpse into Bronze Age life in the British Isles

Touching VR Virtual reality typically plays to our eyes and ears. Now our sense of touch is spoken for too with Teslasuit, a full-body outfit that transmits sensation from virtual reality to the skin. The suit, which can be pre-ordered through a Kickstarter pledge of £1799, has 52 different points of stimulation. “If I wasn’t […]

Cosmologist Lawrence Krauss at Arizona State University says rumours that the Advanced LIGO detector has picked up a signal have now been confirmed

We've been too quick to dismiss globular clusters of old stars as hosts of life. Old, interstellar extraterrestrials could exist there

Added sugar should make up no more than 10 per cent of a person's daily calorie intake, according to the latest five-year update of the US's dietary guidelines

Microscope slides of ultra-thin carbon have allowed individual protein molecules to be imaged, which could one day help treat diseases like Alzheimer's

Brain training fail, mysterious old stone tools found in Indonesia, bird flu reaches the UK and more

It may be dark for months at a time close to the poles, but tiny zooplankton still commute to deeper water every day to avoid getting eaten

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