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News

Space

We can finally map the spiral arm on the far side of the galaxy

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Earth

Air pollution blamed for 500,000 early deaths in Europe in 2014

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Life

Blind cave fish lost eyes by unexpected evolutionary process

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Technology

Skin-tight exoskeleton is worn like Spanx and lets you turn left

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Humans

Gene study shows human skin tone has varied for 900,000 years

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Life

Male chimpanzee seen snatching seconds-old chimp and eating it

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Life

We’ve drawn iconic sail-wearing Dimetrodon wrong for 100 years

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Health

Sperm age calculator tells men how decrepit their sperm are

News

Technology

Driverless cars could let you choose who survives in a crash

News

Physics

How to beat the bookies by turning their odds against them

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Earth

A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years

News

Space

Gravitational waves have let us see huge neutron stars colliding

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Physics

Roadside barrier that folds like origami blocks traffic noise

News

Earth

Ophelia shows many hurricanes could reach Europe in the future

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Earth

How to clean up the dirty water Puerto Ricans are drinking

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Health

Four brain genes help explain obsessive compulsive disorder

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Humans

Online dating may be breaking down society’s racial divisions

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US Affordable Care Act dealt two blows by President Trump

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Technology

Huge Piccadilly Circus screen will target ads at certain cars

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60 Seconds

News

Technology

AlphaGo's AI upgrade gets round the need for human input

News

Technology

Google and Apple yet to fix Wi-Fi hole in a billion devices

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