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The quest for the first space baby © Getty Images

The quest for the first space baby

Why are celestial objects named after Greek and Roman deities? © Getty Images

Why are celestial objects named after Greek and Roman deities?

Secrets of orangutan ‘language’ uncovered © Getty Images

Secrets of orangutan ‘language’ uncovered

Micro implants could restore walking in spinal injury patients © Getty Images

Micro implants could restore walking in spinal injury patients

Oversleeping and frequent naps could increase stroke risk by up to 85 per cent © Getty Images

Oversleeping and frequent naps could increase stroke risk by up to 85 per cent

Xbox Series X: Microsoft unveils next-gen tower-shaped console © Xbox

Xbox Series X: Microsoft unveils next-gen vertical console

Whale size can be curbed by the availability of prey © GoldbogenLaboratory, StanfordUniversity/Duke University Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing/PA

Highly-efficient feeding means whales probably can’t grow any bigger than they already do

Why is curly hair curly? © Getty Images

Thin hair, don’t care: thicker hair is weaker, study finds

Oldest ever cave painting rewrites history of human spirituality © Maxime Aubert

44,000-year-old cave art depicts earliest-known mythical beasts

London parakeet 'crime map' rules out Jimi Hendrix release myth © Getty Images

Did Jimi Hendrix release parakeets onto the streets of London? Not according to new ‘crime map’ study

Greenland ice melt putting 40 million people at greater risk than previously thought

Greenland ice melt putting 40 million people at greater risk than previously thought

Prehistoric lice dined on feathered dinosaurs as long as 100 million years ago © Chen Wang/PA

Prehistoric lice dined on feathered dinosaurs as long as 100 million years ago

Supermassive black holes may not be as massive as previously thought © Chris Marsden, University of Southampton/PA

Supermassive black holes may not be as massive as we thought

Grandmother orcas' babysitting points to reason behind mystery of menopause © Kenneth Balcomb/Center for Whale Research/PA

Post-menopausal grandmother orcas make better babysitters

No link between Caesarean section and obesity risk, study finds © Getty Images

No link between Caesarean section and obesity risk, study finds