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Obese mice that lost weight on a low-fat diet before getting a flu shot had better immune responses than those that lost weight afterwards, suggesting diet and weight loss influence vaccine efficacy

Obese mice that lost weight on a low-fat diet before getting a flu shot had better immune responses than those that lost weight afterwards, suggesting diet and weight loss influence vaccine efficacy

Maybe everything in the outer solar system is an ocean world.

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Dodgy studies and fantastic claims have long powered a belief in devious Russian brain weapons, from mind control to microwave devices   

The molecule that gives cannabis its citrusy smell can make THC less anxiety-inducing

After years of delay, researchers are ready to inject carbon dioxide into jungle plots.

Reflect Orbital plans to launch a constellation of orbiting mirrors to beam sunlight to solar power plants on Earth after dark.

The incentives in science don’t always encourage openness—but being wrong might just be the key to getting it right.

No sign of Ziggy Stardust – but ESA’s Mars Express has snapped the telltale traces of ‘spiders’ scattered across the southern polar region of Mars.

Image: Virtual tour of ESA’s Test Centre

Soil sealing might not be a term that everyone's familiar with, but its effects are felt far and wide, particularly in urban areas.

Recognising the urgencies of addressing soil sealing and its associated challenges, an ESA-funded project, Ulysses, is offering insights into the extent and severity of soil sealing to mitigate soil degradation in the Mediterranean region.

California has hit record-breaking milestones in renewable electricity generation, showing that wind, water and solar are ready to cover our electricity needs

A set of large, distinctive footprints suggest a raptor dinosaur that lived in East Asia 96 million years ago grew to a length of 5 metres

A set of large, distinctive footprints suggest a raptor dinosaur that lived in East Asia 96 million years ago grew to a length of 5 metres

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Not one, but two comets appeared near the Sun during

Six full-body fossils of Ptychodus sharks have been formally analysed for the first time, revealing that they were fast swimmers that preyed on shelled creatures

Six full-body fossils of Ptychodus sharks have been formally analysed for the first time, revealing that they were fast swimmers that preyed on shelled creatures

Ancestors of so-called soft corals may have developed bioluminescence in the earliest days of deep-ocean living

NASA's pioneering CloudSat weather and climate mission has come to an end after nearly 18 productive years in Earth orbit.