Men could get pregnant as soon as “tomorrow” thanks to developments in womb transplantation, according to one of the world’s leading fertility professors. The success of womb transplants in women means that the science is now available to allow similar operations to be carried out on those who began life as men, Dr Richard Paulson, …

One current debate in technology circles concerns whether mobile apps are still a must-have or on their way out. The correct answer, of course, is that’s the wrong question to ask. To understand why, let’s talk about Texas hold ’em. What makes playing that game so seductive and addictive, in part, is that it triggers …

No two snowflakes are alike? Well, maybe not. Snow isn’t actually white That’s right. Snow is actually clear. Snowflakes are made out of ice crystals, so when light passes through, it bends and bounces off each individual crystal. The entire spectrum of light is reflected back to our eyes, and we see white snow. So …

Hot-Jupiters, like the one named CoRoT-2b pictured here orbiting close to its host star, aren’t uncommon. What’s very unusual about NGTS-1b is the tiny size of its host star. NASA/AMES/JPL-CALTECH Just in time for Halloween, astronomers announced the discovery of an exoplanetary “monster” lurking around a tiny star. Called NGTS-1b, the alien world orbits a …

Cambridge University researchers have pinpointed the date of what could be the oldest solar eclipse yet recorded. The event, which occurred on October 30, 1207 BC, is mentioned in the Bible, and could help historians to date Egyptian pharaohs. “Solar eclipses are often used as a fixed point to date events in the ancient world,” …