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Snail finds home after 100 year trail

Newly discovered colony of snails hitched a ride from Italy to England on back of stone balustrade, scientists reveal

Hubble helps to solve puzzle of distant galaxy

Spectacular images from the telescope have enabled a British-led team of astronomers to reveal more about a distant galaxy

An end to blood donors

Transfusion breakthrough as human blood grown from stem cells

Anaerobic digestion is win-win-win scenario

Anaerobic digestion really is the way forward: you put rubbish in one end and get valuable products out of the other

Microscopic solution to bad hair days

A new approach to hair imaging is starting to reveal the details of how and why hair feels different to the touch

Abortion does not harm mental health, says study

American findings will hinder the latest effort to make it harder for British women to obtain terminations under UK law

The man with the answer to life, the universe and (nearly) everything

A British scientist who dreamt up a theory explaining that tiny particles make up everything is set to be proved right

Massive increase of ‘dead zones’ in ocean

The dead zones suffer from a lack of oxygen, which scientists believe is caused by fertilisers washing off the land

Sub could predict a natural disaster

One of the world’s deepest-diving robot submarines returned from its first mission with spectacular images of the seabed

Don’t shoot down the flying saucer

Flying saucers could potentially be used to support troops engaged in urban warfare, by detecting bombs and insurgents

Doom! GM crops will kill us all (or maybe not)

Scientists round on Prince Charles's 'shockingly ill-informed' views

New virus test can identify strain of flu within hours

A portable device developed at a British University can pick up all types of flu, including the deadly avian influenza

Analysis: is the Prince right about GM crops?

Prince Charles has got his facts muddled about transgenic farming, argues Times science correspondent Mark Henderson

Pill 'skews women's taste in men'

Hormones in contraceptive alter how women perceive partner's smell and sexual attractiveness. It could end a relationship

How many arms does an octopus have?

Researchers prove that the one thing everyone knows about the creatures is wrong. Octopus have six arms and two legs