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Human brains are bigger than those of our primate relatives, but evidence from extinct human ancestors suggests brain size isn't everything.

The UK's polar research vessel visits A23a, an iceberg that's more than twice the size of London.

A string of mishaps have prompted safety concerns about the US military's tilt-rotor V-22 aircraft.

A hopeful from Redditch is praised for "amazing" commitment after spending £1,380 and 60 hours to pass.

Eleven people were killed and another 12 are missing after Sumatra's Mount Marapi erupted.

Sian and Jeffrey Edwards had always assumed the 64lb naval shell in their garden was a "dummy".

Henry Kissinger died aged 100 this week. His policies caused widespread destruction in Cambodia.

Musk's profane attack on advertisers baffled experts - without adverts, how would X survive?

The suspect tells police he was upset by "so many Muslims dying in Afghanistan and in Palestine".

See photographer Andy Gotts' pictures of the actors who have played the baddie in James Bond films.

The government expressed "deep regret" over Quinto Inuma's death, describing the attack as "cowardly".

Work has begun on a barrier around the Garisenda Tower and authorities say the situation is "critical".

Little known and rarely visited, Karakalpakstan is the largest province in Uzbekistan, but much of it is occupied by barren and inhospitable desert.

In 2026, a crew of six fully-trained aquanauts will be deployed to a new oceanic habitat system – beginning what promises to be the era of humanity's continuous presence underwater.

Metro tickets will cost more, rentals are soaring and Paris faces months of disruption.

Researchers say cyber-criminals are offering big sums for hotels' log-in details to target holidaymakers.

Miami is one of the US' youngest major cities, but it's built atop one of America's oldest Indigenous civilisations. Now, a series of discoveries are unearthing its little-known past.

Humans already work alongside robots in industries such as manufacturing. Now, for knowledge workers, the threat of AI replacement is coming faster than they imagined.

Russia's Supreme Court declares the "international LGBT public movement" an extremist organisation.

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Long spied on by its more tech-advanced enemies, Pyongyang says it can now do the same.

The largest ever real-world study found PrEP to work extremely well as a preventative treatment.

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