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Dolphins unintentionally poisoning offspring with banned chemicals
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Brain-reading headsets trialled on 10,000 schoolchildren in China
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First moon plants sprout in China's Chang'e 4 biosphere experiment
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Astronauts travelling to the moon and Mars risk dying from superbugs
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Call for more transparency over ‘add-on’ fertility treatments
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