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Vital global climate monitoring scheme axed on remote UK island
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Dragonfish have 'invisible' teeth to help them sneak up on their prey
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Brainless fungi trade resources with plants like a stock market
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A weird star just rapidly dimmed for a few days and we don't know why
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Creating an AI can be five times worse for the planet than a car
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Huge asteroid that hit the moon may be preserved below the surface
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NASA will let people pay to stay on the International Space Station
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Humans have driven nearly 600 plant species to extinction since 1750s
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3D-printed replica heads are being used to help treat cancer patients
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Humans
Mystery hominin had sex with ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans
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Working Hypothesis: From Finland’s climate action to a rival Chernobyl
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