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Humans

Aha! What happens in your brain when you have a lightbulb moment

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Technology

Laser can detect your heartbeat and breathing from a metre away

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Technology

The way toddlers waddle can teach robot footballers how to play

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Space

Some of the universe's first stars have actually been seen

News

Physics

We've measured the pressure inside a proton and it's extreme

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Health

The US isn't fertile enough to sustain itself without immigrants

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Life

Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why

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Humans

Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

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Technology

Drones plus AI help to spot sick trees and plants in time

News

Earth

A third of ‘protected’ nature zones are quietly being ruined

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Technology

New algorithm can help spot faked photos before they go viral

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Life

Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

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Space

Stunning first image sent back by NASA’s planet-hunter satellite

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Physics

Grape skins and stems can be turned into a greener plastic

News

Space

Weird backwards asteroid may be an interstellar interloper

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Health

Blood from umbilical cord may help fix your brain after a stroke

News

Earth

Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

News

Humans

How your name shapes what other people think of your personality

News

Earth

The volcanic eruption on Hawaii is now making an acidic fog

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Physics

‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

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Health

Minimally conscious people woken with brain zap by their family

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