Grace Bell says she is ‘the happiest I’ve ever been in my life’ after giving birth to baby Hugo in UK first

A baby boy named Hugo is the first child to be born in the UK to a mother with a womb transplant from a dead donor.

Hugo Powell was delivered at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea hospital in London weighing 6lb 13oz, after his mother, Grace Bell, received a transplanted womb from someone...

Wold Newton, East Yorkshire: On a dreary day in a nondescript field, I visit the site where a 4.56 billion-year-old bit of space rock came to Earth

On a low rise, beyond a screen of trees, behind a small holiday park in the Yorkshire Wolds, a brick obelisk stands incongruously at the edge of an otherwise nondescript field. It bears a plaque inscribed as follows: “Here, on this spot, Decr....

For a long time fat was seen simply as an inert yellow substance wrapping around our bodies, but now that’s changing. Scientists are beginning to understand that our fat is actually intricate and dynamic, constantly in conversation with the rest of the body. It’s now even considered by some to be an organ in its own right. To find out more about the complex role fat plays in our health, Ian...

Vulnerable young people, partners of drug users and victims of sexual violence also among those afflicted in world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic

The night her baby’s heart stopped, Clare* blamed herself. Had she taken her out in the cold too much? Had she damaged her lungs by drinking iced water when she was pregnant? She fixated on Andi’s tiny chest, willing it to suck in air, rushing...

The executive shake-up has sparked online debate about new boss Asha Sharma’s gaming credentials.

Scientists have discovered source of neigh’s unique combination of high- and low-pitched sounds

Horses whinny to find new friends, greet old ones and celebrate happy moments like feeding time.

How exactly horses produce that distinctive sound – also called a neigh – has long eluded scientists.

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Novo Nordisk’s shares fall sharply after testing of CagriSema falls short of investors’ expectations

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The owner of Wegovy and Ozempic has suffered a significant setback, as its highly anticipated new weight-loss treatment was labelled “obsolete” after disappointing clinical trials.

Novo Nordisk’s shares fell sharply on Monday after the results from testing the...

The regulator said it was fining 8579 LLC for failing to introduce proper age verification measures.

Solar system’s largest planet remains a brilliant, unwavering beacon, forming a striking trio with Castor and Pollux

Throughout this month, Jupiter has remained in the constellation Gemini (the Twins), providing a reliable reference point in the evening sky – and it will continue to do so into March. As the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter shines brightly enough to cut through...

Hundreds of thousands of visitors expected for month-long display of 13th-century saint’s remains

Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton is going on full public display from Sunday for the first time, in a move that is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors.

Inside a nitrogen-filled case with the Latin inscription “Corpus Sancti Francisci” (the body of Saint Francis), the remains...

Following in the wake of the original Golden Records, a new deep-space delivery hopes to introduce a ‘mostly harmless’ humanity to alien life

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Do you have a message you want to shout out to the universe? Or whisper into the ear-equivalent of an alien?

In interstellar space, more than 20bn km from Earth, the Voyager spacecraft are...

Omar Yaghi’s invention uses ambient thermal energy and can generate up to 1,000 litres of clean water every day

A Nobel laureate’s environmentally friendly invention that provides clean water if central supplies are knocked out by a hurricane or drought, could be a life saver for vulnerable islands, its founder says.

The invention, by the chemist Prof Omar Yaghi, uses a type of science called...