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The space agency has teamed up with US tech firm Apptronik on 'Apollo', a humanoid machine that has been developed to complete tasks such as manufacturing. Space boffins are hopeful that the robots can be adapted to help astronauts living...

Dr Michelle Thalller, a scientist at the US space agency, explained that conferences have been held regarding the possibility of the James Webb telescope finding evidence of extraterrestrial life on another planet. Speaking at Artechouse's...

Researchers gave 102 people  - half of whom had their brain zapped with a mild electric current to stimulate the cells -  a set of tricky sums to solve. Those who received the brain stimulation answered the questions in more difficult...

An analysis of 130 personality traits across millions of couples has revealed that the old adage about partners isn't actually true. A team at the University of Colorado Boulder in the US combined data from almost 200 previous studies dating...

New research conducted in Brazil shows that having a giggle can help to ease the symptoms of heart disease. Researchers held the trial to examine if 'laughter therapy' can improve cardiovascular symptoms and looked at 26 adults with an...

A team of experts from Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary used fMRI scanners to analyse the brains of pooches when humans were speaking to them and found that the animals showed greater sensitivity to speech directed at them by females. The study...

A study of more than 4,000 adults revealed that those with higher levels of vitamin K- found in vegetables such as broccoli and spinach - were less likely to have lung conditions such as asthma and wheezing. Researchers found that people with...

A new study has revealed that one in 10 early deaths could be prevented if inactive people spent just 11 minutes a day mowing the lawn. The team at the University of Cambridge says that 75 minutes of moderate exercise per week - just half of the...

A new study shows that exercising regularly for just a brief amount of time is often better than working out rigorously once or twice per week. Repeating the micro-sessions for five days a week is enough to significantly build up muscles. Experts...

A team at the University of Texas have come up with a drug that accelerates the body's metabolism and makes it a lot more efficient at breaking down sugar and fat. The pill works by restricting magnesium from being transported into the...

Scientists at Cambridge University have discovered that the hypothalamus - the region that acts as the brain's "appetite control centre" - is significantly bigger in those who are overweight. The experts suggested that an unhealthy...

Vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova has died after a decade of eating only fruit and vegetables. The Russian social media star used Instagram to champion the benefits of her "raw vegan" diet to her 10,000 followers prior to her passing last...