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Earth

Food made from natural gas will soon feed farm animals – and us

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Life

Giggling rats reveal the most ticklish part of our brains

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Technology

Google DeepMind’s AI learns to play with physical objects

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Life

UK red squirrels are carrying leprosy and have been for decades

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Technology

Human rights squad detects abuse in warzone social media images

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Physics

Smallest sliver of time yet measured sees electrons fleeing atom

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Technology

First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

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Life

Bunnies eat toxic leaves to conquer Australia’s snowy peaks

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Earth

2016 now looks dead set to become the hottest year on record

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Life

Spacecraft could taste Europa's sea by sampling its atmosphere

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Humans

Gender equality is boosted by better infection control

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Technology

Quantum computers can talk to each other via a photon translator

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This virtual-reality driving game aims to make you feel sick

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One Per Cent

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Health

Superagers with amazing memories have Alzheimer’s brain plaques

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Health

Blood from human teens rejuvenates body and brains of old mice

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Physics

Twisted light beams a greeting over a record distance of 143 km

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Earth

80,000 reindeer have starved to death as Arctic sea ice retreats

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New Zealand earthquake could trigger a mega-quake

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Space

China's space station now has insects, weeds and rice on board

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Technology

60 Seconds

News

Space

Mystery cosmic radio blasts come with side of gamma rays

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