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Viruses are more dangerous when they infect their victims in the morning, a University of Cambridge study suggests.

Lonnie Johnson had an illustrious career as a nuclear engineer working on the Galileo space programme and the stealth bomber - but he is best known for creating a water pistol

Two-inch long fish have appeared in a garden in Banff.

An animal charity appeals against a court decision which ruled a monkey could not own the copyright to a selfie photograph it took.

Scientists find some rockhopper and Snares crested penguins travel 15,000km in six months.

About 200 baby Montserrat tarantulas have hatched at Chester Zoo - the first time the rare Caribbean spider has been bred in captivity.

Keepers at Chester Zoo have become the first in the world to successfully breed Montserrat tarantulas in captivity.

Time-lapse footage has captured the Perseid meteor shower over Spain.

Thousands are calling for a ban on grouse shooting, arguing the sport increases the threat faced by an endangered species of raptors.

Scientists say they have found a Greenland shark that is about 400 years old - making it the longest-living vertebrate known.

Observers are looking forward to an annual astronomical event that could to turn into a spectacular "meteor storm" in the early hours of Friday.

In a surprise result, eight paraplegic people regain partial movement after a one-year training program based on brain-controlled robotics.

Scientists find a baby tooth in the fossilised faeces of an extinct shark, suggesting the animals practised filial cannibalism.

Scientists are studying killer whales in an effort to understand the mysterious biology behind the menopause - in both orcas and humans.

After an eight-year study, researchers conclude that history's most infamous fake fossils were made by one man - the prime suspect, Charles Dawson.

Scientists confirm that wild crows from New Caledonia in the South Pacific can craft tools.

Why scientists are watching killer whales in an effort to understand the mysterious biology behind the menopause.

A deep-sea expedition discovers a remarkable array of life on the UK's tallest underwater mountains.

Scientists from Plymouth University have visited the UK's tallest mountains - over 100 metres under the sea.

International scientists are calling for action to "future proof" the insects, birds and mammals that pollinate crops and wild plants.