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Have you ever wondered why hair goes grey? Grey hairs are a sign of old age, but many people start having grey hairs in their 20s and 30s, why? A group of researchers at New York University Langone Health studied the ageing of cells using specialized scanning and lab methods …

Written by Jacopo Prisco, CNN Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. “Old Masters” such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli and Rembrandt may have used proteins, especially egg yolk, in their oil paintings, according to a …

A bird flu strain has evolved to better infect human cells in a worrying sign.   Scientists on the ground who made the discovery said the finding “needs to be treated with the utmost concern”.   The bird flu strain known as H5N1 claimed the life of a schoolgirl in …

The relic was discovered in 1992 in a trench at the Roman Fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian’s Wall, which originally marked the northwest frontier of the Roman Empire. It was formally thought to be a darning tool because it was found next to many shoes, clothing accessories, small tools, …

Lack of rainfall that caused severe drought in Argentina and Uruguay last year was not made more likely by climate change, scientists said Thursday. But global warming was a factor in extreme heat experienced in both countries that made the drought worse, they said. The researchers, part of a loose-knit …

In the late 1970s, scientists at Exxon fitted one of the company’s supertankers with state-of-the-art equipment to measure carbon dioxide in the ocean and in the air, an early example of substantial research the oil giant conducted into the science of climate change. A new study published Thursday in the …

In April, the White House held a summit to seek to accelerate commercial fusion efforts. “Developing an economically attractive approach to fusion energy is a grand scientific and engineering challenge,” Tammy Ma, who leads an effort at Livermore to study the possibilities. “Without a doubt, it will be a monumental …

Reprogramming of three-dimensional microenvironments for in vitro hair follicle induction was the title of the journal paper that explained how they used embryonic mouse cells to grow a hair follicle that developed 3mm (or around 0.12 of an inch) over 23 days. The discovery was published in the journal Science …

CNN  —  Residents on the small resort island of Polillo are accustomed to severe weather – their island sits in the northeastern Philippines, on the edge of the Pacific Ocean where storms typically gather strength and turn into typhoons. But even they were stunned by the intensity of Typhoon Noru, …

“Onion is cheap and available and has been used as a nutritional supplement. It has the potential for use in treating patients with diabetes,” Ojieh said. He revealed that using the extract of an onion bulb alongside the antidiabetic drug metformin has a compound effect on lowering blood sugar and …