03 Feb 2022
01 Feb 2022
Scientists have revealed that Earth is being pursued by a 'Trojan asteroid,' which is the second object of its kind to ever be discovered.
31 Jan 2022
Scientists studying an 'ultra-hot' exoplanet have discovered that its atmosphere behaves in a similar manner to our own.
Scientists have broken new ground in synthetic biology with the self-replicating Xenobots.
28 Jan 2022
The first doses of an experimental HIV vaccine have been administered this week following years of research.
Musk's derelict SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is on course to collide with the moon and its expected to cause quite a stir.
27 Jan 2022
The strange object gives out a pulse three times per hour, and was discovered by an undergraduate student using a powerful telescope
26 Jan 2022
A black hole hidden within a star cluster has been confirmed as one of the only known 'intermediate-mass black holes'.
The object, which was first spotted last year, is believed to be around 4,000 lightyears away from Earth.
Studies have been looking at why adults and young people across the world aren't having as much sex.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with a satellite in 2015 - now, it's on its way to hit the moon.
24 Jan 2022
Tumbling boulders may provide evidence of seismic activity, or 'marsquakes', on the Red Planet.
20 Jan 2022
<p>The Doomsday Clock, which indicates how far humanity is from catastrophe, has revealed its time for 2022. Established in 1947, the aptly-named clock was created by some of the world’s leading scientists as they looked for a way to indicate how much danger humanity is in. While midnight in the real world marks the start <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/doomsday-clock-strikes-100-seconds-to-midnight-again/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
18 Jan 2022
<p>A new study has suggested Earth is currently heading towards its sixth mass extinction of the planet’s biodiversity. The study builds on previous warnings that species on our planet have been dying off at an alarming rate. There have been five extinction events in Earth’s history; these are events that are signified by mass biodiversity <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/earth-getting-closer-to-sixth-mass-extinction-study-finds/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>NASA thinks it might well have found signs of life on Mars after its Curiosity rover discovered some exciting supporting evidence. New research has discovered that rocks collected by the rover contain organic carbon, which could have come from bugs that previously lived on Mars. The space agency analysed sediments from six locations the rover <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/nasa-discovers-signs-of-past-life-on-mars/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
17 Jan 2022
<p>An asteroid bigger than any building on Earth is set to hurtle past our planet after it was first discovered nearly 30 years ago. The recently-released Netflix film Don’t Look Up has warned us of what can happen to humanity when it chooses to ignore giant rocks hurtling towards us from space, but luckily even <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/kilometre-wide-asteroid-to-blast-past-earth-tomorrow/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
16 Jan 2022
<p>There’s an entire multi-million pound industry built around touting cures for baldness, but it turns out you might be better off just going to your local sushi restaurant. According to researchers, the secret to stimulating hair growth is found in none other than wasabi, a condiment offered with most Japanese takeouts. In a 2017 study <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/rubbing-wasabi-on-your-head-could-stop-you-going-bald-research-suggests/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A modified telescope in Arizona is part of a five-year mission to create the most comprehensive map of the universe. Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and scientists from around the globe have been working on the project for less than a year, but have already made the largest ever 3D map <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/largest-dark-energy-map-could-reveal-the-fate-of-the-universe/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A Peruvian warrior is believed to have had his skull fused together by metal in one of the world’s oldest examples of advanced surgery, a US museum has said. The Museum of Osteology, in Oklahoma, says a 2,000-year-old skull in its collection is believed to have been that of a man who was injured in <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/2000-year-old-skull-held-together-by-metal-offers-proof-of-ancient-advanced-surgery/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
14 Jan 2022
<p>Those who wear facemasks are more attractive than those who don’t, according to a new study. Two years ago, facemasks were still fairly uncommon in most of the world, bar some specific settings; for example, an operating theatre. If you walked around the UK sporting a mask back then, you’d likely be branded a hypochondriac <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/wearing-a-facemask-makes-you-more-attractive-study-finds/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
13 Jan 2022
<p>A new planet has been discovered, and according to astronomers it looks more like a vegetable than the spherical globe shape we’re all accustomed to. An international team of astronomers working for the European Space Agency (ESA) made the discovery during an exoplanet mission named CHEOPS. The mission revealed that not just one but multiple <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/astronomers-discover-planet-with-one-of-the-most-unusual-shapes-seen/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there was a mini black hole that was still actually very big. Scientists have discovered a ‘mini’ black hole that was hiding in a small galaxy about 110 million light years away, though perhaps ‘mini’ is the wrong word considering this black hole has a <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/scientists-find-mini-monster-black-hole-discovered-hiding-in-galaxy/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
12 Jan 2022
<p>A ‘strange metal’ has been discovered by scientists with a number of mannerisms they’re scrambling to try and understand. Materials like copper and silver behave in predictable ways, and anyone who took a science class in school can understand how their ability to conduct electricity can change depending on when they’re heated or cooled. However, <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/mystery-as-scientists-discover-new-strange-metal-that-behaves-in-ways-they-cant-understand/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Doctors have warned of one unusual symptom that could be an ‘emergency warning sign’ you have the Omicron Covid-19 variant. On January 11, 120,821 people tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, with more than one million having tested positive in the last seven days. Now Omicron is the most dominant strain of coronavirus in <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/health/omicron-doctors-warn-of-symptom-that-could-be-an-emergency-warning-sign/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>