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With 99 per cent of votes counted, the Dutch election has ended in a dead heat between D66 and Geert Wilders’ PVV. Leiden University professor Bernard Steunenberg says the result signals a return to the political centre and indicates that voters are seeking practical solutions, both at home and across…

Irish astronomers were among those that made an unexpected discovery of a new planet, according to a new study.

Astronomers have discovered the most distant and, thus, earliest strongly rotating galaxy ever seen that is well-organized rather than chaotic and messy, challenging our theories of cosmic evolution.

Psychedelics have been billed as the next big thing in mental health. But are we getting ahead of ourselves? This psychologist thinks so.

Two infant stars are surrounded by swirling clouds that astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found contain icy molecules that could form the building blocks of life.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a bite out of a cosmic burger to create a 2D inventory of different forms of ice surrounding a planet-birthing disk.

Geert Wilders faces an uphill struggle luring partners to form a coalition government with his far-right party following their "monster victory" in Dutch elections that has shaken both the Netherlands and Europe.

Surveys have fluctuated wildly in the run-up to election day, but observers believe that whichever party wins the most seats in this Wednesday's parliamentary elections in the Netherlands may need support from at least three other parties to govern. Dilan Yesilgoz, leader of the centre-right VVD party and successor to…

Immunologists from St John's Research Institute (SJRI) found that BCG revaccination in adults enhanced pro-inflammatory markers of trained immunity and anti-inflammatory pathways. ICMR is conducting trials to explore if BCG revaccination can be used to fight TB in India. SJRI's Human Immunology Lab designed studies to understand BCG-induced trained immunity.…