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Dieters who keep a photo diary of the meals they eat do better than people who only keep a written account

The marshlands of Mesopotamia were drained under Saddam and are now recovering – plans are now afoot to list them as a World Heritage Site

After being attacked by camouflaged spiders, bumblebees forage more carefully and even reject perfectly safe feeding grounds

By studying bottlenecks in glacier flow and the fastest speeds at which ice moves, researchers have set an upper bound on how much sea levels could rise by 2100

Astronomers have found the first object in the icy Kuiper belt that orbits the Sun backwards compared to the planets

Studying what people know about robots from science fiction may help design real ones that are easier to get along with

A 'comb' made of laser light has taken a key step from the laboratory to the observatory – one day it could help find other Earths

A recently discovered bit of non-coding DNA found only in humans might have contributed to our astonishing manual dexterity

A new study into the genetic characteristics of glioblastoma might make it possible to predict drug resistance in patients

On Friday, Europe's comet-chasing spacecraft will fly by asteroid Steins, its first scientific target since launching four years ago

DNA from over 100 mammoth fossils suggests that returning American populations replaced their Asian cousins, before going extinct themselves

The earliest rodent stowaway ever recorded may advance our understanding of ancient maritime routes

Self-navigating cages that drift with the tides could make farmed fish healthier and cause less damage to both environment and wild stocks

Mothers who undergo Caesarean sections may not be as hormonally "primed" as mothers who have natural births, suggests a small study

For the first time, research planes have flown in the windiest region on the planet, where gales blow for a third of the winter

The amount of material transferred between stars could be greater than we thought if the stuff travelled slowly enough

The most ferocious tropical cyclones are spinning faster than ever, thanks to ocean warming

By analysing the movements of human shadows in aerial and satellite footage, it may be possible to identify people from their gait

By analysing the movements of human shadows in aerial and satellite footage, it may be possible to identify people from the way they walk

Suicides involving firearms are significantly higher – especially for women – in states where gun ownership is high, finds a US study