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Simona Halep, who beat Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final in 2019, has been charged with doping violations.

Expert Explains: Simona Halep and the complex world of anti-doping

The four-year ban has come as a shock for the tennis star. However, an anti-doping expert says that doping controls in sport lack proper research.

In this photo from a scanning electron microscope, the Nipah virus (colored yellow) can be seen budding from the surface of a cell.

Rare, deadly Nipah virus: What are the symptoms?

The Nipah virus has once again broken out in Kerala. Those who fall ill have a low chance of survival.

A woman sits sadly by the rubble of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of the deadly 6.8-magnitude September 8 earthquake in Morocco. While earthquakes can’t be prevented, the ways buildings are constructed can help to mitigate deaths and injuries during an earthquake and its aftershocks.

Morocco earthquake: What makes buildings resilient to the disaster?

Quakes kill few, but resulting building collapse kills many more. How do we keep people safe in their own homes?

Neanderthals, Denisovans and early modern humans are thought to have coexisted for as much as 300,000 years, before they went extinct around 40,000 years ago

Why you owe your life to a handful of early humans

Genetic analyses suggest nearly all our ancestors died in a “dramatic event” 9,00,000 years ago. Only 1,280 survived. And a bit of them is in you.

Over 100 women scientists and engineers are reported to have been involved in India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission.

Chandrayaan-3 success puts India’s ‘rocket women’ in the spotlight

Scientists hope the success of ISRO’s moon mission will inspire more young women to study science.

Schoolchildren celebrate the successful landing of spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 on the moon, in a school in Guwahati on August 23, 2023. India has landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, an unchartered territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements, as the country cements its growing prowess in space and technology.

Chandrayaan-3 marks India’s emergence as a space power

The successful moon landing makes India the fourth country to achieve the feat.

Dark energy is the unknown mechanism behind the ever-accelerating expansion of the universe.

Explained: What on Earth is dark energy?

Despite the leaps and bounds science has made over the course of time, there is still a lot we do not know about how everything fits together.

Experts say the BRICS has been held back by the often diverging and competing interests of its members.

BRICS: Why Saudi Arabia, Iran, and others want to be part of it

Some see the five-member club as a counterweight to traditional Western-led forums and institutions. But what exactly is BRICS and why does it matter?

For the first time in six decades, Hollywood writers and actors are on strike at the same time.

Hollywood strike: Why some productions are continuing anyway

Strikes by actors and screenwriters have brought Hollywood to a halt. Some productions are still going ahead — but there are no scabs at work. What is

Ötzi was discovered in the Alps, preserved in ice, more than 5,000 years after his death

Ötzi the Iceman was darker-skinned, balder than suspected

The 5,000 year old mummy was mostly descended from farmers who lived in present-day Turkey, German scientists say.

Sold! The BBC is parting with its music studios in London’s Maida Vale district

Why the BBC is selling its iconic sound studios

The Beatles, David Bowie, and Adele all left their mark on London’s Maida Vale Studios.

The allied fear of a Nazi “super weapon” spurred on the Manhattan Project. How close were German scientists to creating nuclear weapons?

Why didn’t the Nazis beat Oppenheimer to the nuclear bomb?

Fear of a German nuclear bomb spurred the Manhattan Project. But how far behind were the Nazis?

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