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Health

Machine learning shows exactly when to zap brain to boost memory

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Life

The incredible naked mole rat can survive with hardly any oxygen

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Life

Eel patrol: Tracking down poachers with the wildlife police

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Humans

Mystery human hobbit ancestor may have been first out of Africa

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Life

Chlamydia vaccine for koalas slows spread of deadly disease

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Life

Drones listen in on bats to reveal their in-flight secrets

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Life

Weird, hairy microbes discovered on volcano soon after eruption

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Technology

AI learns to play video game from instructions in plain English

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Life

Mystery human species Homo naledi had tiny but advanced brain

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Health

Zika outbreak may have led to fewer births in Rio de Janeiro

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Earth

Plastic-munching caterpillars may show us how to dissolve waste

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Health

Hungry stomach hormone promotes growth of new brain cells

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Life

Google’s new project will gather health data from 10,000 people

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Earth

UK does more to protect marine areas overseas than at home

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Physics

Three-atom molecule cooled to near absolute zero for first time

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Space

Joint mission to Europa could seek life under the ice

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Health

Medical marijuana may be a salve for the US opioid epidemic

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Space

Mars Trojans may be part of a planet that was destroyed long ago

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Humans

Thousands attend March for Science protests around the world

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Earth

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News

Life

We still haven’t heard from aliens - here’s why we might never

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Space

Infrared telescope spots mystery flare-ups in distant galaxies

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New Super-Earth looks habitable and could reveal signs of life

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