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Guide dogs could soon be replaced by ROBOTS: Scientists develop four-legged bot that can lead blind people around obstacles and through narrow passagesThe robotic assistant was developed by researchers from CaliforniaIt…

Baby sea stars eat their siblings in what is an unexpected case of underwater cannibalism, according to scientists who accidentally observed the behaviour.   Experts from William & Mary's Department of Biology were trying to see how…

Medianews Group / Getty Images Facing a slow vaccine rollout, surging COVID-19 deaths, and the…

Human brains struggle to take ideas or elements away from designs, such as from a blueprint of a building – and instead tend to add more, a new study reveals. In experiments, participants tasked with making a Lego Duplo building stronger…

Scientists have discovered two new species of burrowing animals that lived in northeastern China 120 million years ago. Skeletal remains of the species, called Fossiomanus sinensis and Jueconodon chenispiky, reveal they had claws…

Experts have warned against a 'dangerous' trend circulating on TikTok of deep frying water, which they say could lead to fiery explosions. The pointless trend involves combining water with calcium alginate to form a sphere of water,…

As research involving transplanting lab-grown human 'mini-brains' into animals to study neurological diseases continues to expand, experts warn the work with these brain organoids could result in a 'Planet of the Apes' scenario.The…

Scientists have found evidence that some face masks which are on sale and being used by members of the general public are laced with toxic chemicals. Preliminary tests have revealed traces of a variety of compounds which are heavily…

Sidra Greene for BuzzFeed News From left: Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Monica McLemore, and Deborah Karasek, three UCSF scientists who are…