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FOR centuries wars have been fought on the frontline – but in the future we could see WW3 taking place among the stars. While it would play out some 2,000kilometres above ground, it could have devastating effects on humans on Earth as crucial global services and machines grind to a standstill.5There are all kinds of orbital weaponry currently being developed, from chemical lasers and particle beams to top-secret military space planesCredit: Getty5And all it would require is an attack on a few dozen GPS satellites, according to former Air Marshall Andrew Turner CBE, who is now co-founder of consultancy Space4Sight.Adversaries…

THE world’s first baby conceived by a sperm-injecting robot has been born. A 40-year-old woman who’d struggled to get pregnant through IVF gave birth to the tot, with the helping hand of an AI-operated machine. 1What the embryologist sees through the microscope when performing routine manual ICSI vs what they see when performing remotely controlled automated ICSICredit: Conceivable Life SciencesOne method of IVF is intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), where a single sperm cell is injected into mature eggs in a lab dish.This process was developed in the 1990s and is now widely used – in cases of male infertility, as…

ALIEN life could be hiding away on the vast ocean of a nearby moon.Scientists say there’s a chance that a “small population” could be tucked away on Titan, the biggest of Saturn’s moons.5This image captured by Nasa’s Cassini craft shows the dark side of Titan, one of Saturn’s moonsCredit: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteAlien-hunters have long suspected that life-forms could survive on a Saturn moon.And icy Titan is a good candidate due to the ocean concealed beneath its “thick, hazy atmosphere”.The University of Arizona describes it as “covered in rivers and lakes of liquid methane, icy boulders and dunes of soot-like ‘sand”.And…

A MAN was left “looking like Family Guy’s Peter Griffin” after a rotting wisdom tooth triggered killer sepsis – causing his infected chin to TRIPLE in size.James Alexander Thomas was suffering with toothache for five days when he noticed his cheeks and chin begin to swell up.6James Alexander Thomas had been suffering with toothache for five days when his cheeks and chin began to swell upCredit: Kennedy News6He was given antibiotics to relieve the pain, but when his symptoms worsened, he rushed to hospitalCredit: Kennedy News6James said he looked like Peter Griffin (right) from US animated sitcom Family GuyCredit: GettyThe…

THERE are lots of ideas on how humans can terraform Mars, and turn the dusty, radioactive Red Planet into something habitable. Scientists have suggested we start with Antarctic desert moss, and more recently, have even suggested lichen that can survive Mars-like conditions. 2Martian soil and dust, known as regolith, contain perchlorates which are toxic to humansCredit: Alamy2But a Polish scientist says the physics of growing Earth’s hardiest plants on Mars are too out of reach – and a more extreme route to habitation is required. Unlike Matt Damon in The Martian, future Mars colonists won’t be able to sustain themselves…

A MUM who became the first in Britain to give birth from a transplanted womb is already planning a second child.Grace Davidson, 36, and husband Angus, 37, have been told that her donated uterus will have to be removed within five years.5Angus and Grace Davidson with baby Amy – the first child in the UK to be born from a womb transplantCredit: PA5The couple said they are now planning to have a second childCredit: PA5The hospital team at the birth of little Amy, who arrived in February weighing 4lb 8ozCredit: PAThe NHS dietitian says she hopes to try for a…

A BABY mammoth has gone under the knife – after being preserved in Siberian permafrost for 130,000 years.Russian scientists carried out a necropsy on the long-dead mammoth calf, nicknamed Yana.13Scientists have performed an autopsy on a long-dead mammothCredit: AFP13The mammoth is believed to have lived and died around 130,000 years agoCredit: AFP13Scientists have nicknamed the mammoth ‘Yana’Credit: AFPThe creature was first revealed to the public in December 2024, and was described as the best-preserved mammoth found to date.Yana’s post-mortem at Russia’s Mammoth Museum in Yakutsk lasted for hours, AFP reports, revealing the creature’s eerily well-preserved organs.Almost all of her elephant-like…

A BABY girl has made history as the first child in the UK to be born from a womb transplant.Grace Davidson, 36, from north London, received the organ – also called the uterus – from her older sister Amy Purdie in Britain’s first womb transplant in 2023.9Angus and Grace Davidson with baby Amy Isabel – the first child in the UK to be born from a womb transplantCredit: PA9The hospital team at the birth of little AmyCredit: PAFollowing the success of the procedure, she and her husband Angus, 37, welcomed Amy Isabel, named after her aunt and a surgeon who…

IMAGINE your home was powered by the dirt in your back garden.Well, that could be a reality for future lunar astronauts.2Bootprint of astronaut Edwin Aldrin in the lunar soil in 1969Credit: Getty2Making solar cells on the Moon instead of Earth could cut transport costs by as much as 99%, according to the team behind the researchCredit: Sercan ÖzenScientists have discovered a way to use Moon dust to build solar power cells that can withstand powerful cosmic radiation better than cells built on Earth. Using simulated lunar dirt – known as regolith – scientists have been able to create a new…

AS a new mum, wrapped up in caring for a newborn, exercise if often the last thing on your mind, never mind weight loss.So when researchers said this week that ‘new mums should do two hours of vigorous exercise per week’, it was a little jarring.13New mums can get back into exercise whenever they feel up to it, the NHS says – unless there complications in childbirth, in which they should check with your midwife or GPCredit: GettyBut there’s more to it than losing ‘baby weight’, said the new guidance from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, written in the…