A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

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Winners and runners-up of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's 2025 Environmental Photography Award revealed.

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Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to image "peculiar" galaxy Arp 184 (NGC 1961) about 190 million light-years away.

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The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could crash to Earth overnight tonight after more than 50 years in the wrong orbit.

Rates of the bacterial infection have gone up by 500% since last year, with babies and young children most at risk.

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