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Putorana plateau and mountains in Siberia, Russie

Earth

Rock peeling off continents may have triggered biggest mass extinction

The Permian extinction, which wiped out almost all complex life, may have been caused by the undersides of continents slipping off into Earth’s interior

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Bubble popping

Physics

We've figured out why bubbles make a 'pop' sound when they burst

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Radioactive review: A reimagining of Marie Curie's luminous legacy

Physics

Radioactive review: A reimagining of Marie Curie's luminous legacy

Culture

States of matter

Definition

States of matter

Chemical elements

Definition

Chemical elements

Moles

Definition

Moles

Abiogenesis

Life

First self-replicating molecules may have had just two ingredients

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Liquid metal that floats on water could make transformable robots

Chemistry

Liquid metal that floats on water could make transformable robots

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Asteroid over Earth

Space

Have we really found an alien protein inside a meteorite?

Analysis

Milky Way's black hole

Space

Our galaxy’s huge black hole may have created organic molecules

The enormous black hole at the centre of the Milky Way was active millions of years ago, and its intense X-rays may have formed some molecules necessary for life

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People in Science

Dorothy Hodgkin

Environment

Art prints made using rain, fog and snow reveal the nature of water

Regulars

Chemistry

Scientists made a bow tie-shaped molecule and it changes colour

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Physics

Watch the first ever video of a chemical bond breaking and forming

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