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The wildfires and melting ice that science warned us about are here
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Space
Mercury’s outer layers may have been stripped off by a young Venus
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Humans
We can't use genetics to predict how well children will do at school
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Health
Analysis of CRISPR baby documents reveals more ethical violations
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Life
Stinky flower is more than a metre wide and the largest ever found
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Health
One bad night’s sleep may increase Alzheimer’s protein in your body
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Life
Cuttlefish wearing 3D glasses prove they sense depth just like us
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Humans
Ancient Romans may have used Chinese medicine to treat coeliac disease
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Mind
Illusion involving fake poo and rubber hand tested on people with OCD
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Environment
Area of Amazon affected by wildfires predicted to grow by 2050
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Life
Mummified skin suggests duck-billed dinosaurs were grey like elephants
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Life
African grey parrots are smart enough to help a bird in need
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Humans
Ancient humans were weirdly slow to cross from mainland Asia to Java
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Health
Mysterious illness outbreak in China seems to be caused by a new virus
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Space
SpaceX Starlink satellites could be ‘existential threat’ to astronomy
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Humans
Humans are cooling down so average body temperature is no longer 37°C
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Technology
US Army has built a device to keep your hands warm without gloves
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Space
A single star has let us put a date on our galaxy’s last cosmic meal
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Health
Majority of women who have an abortion don’t regret it five years on
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Technology
Captured carbon dioxide could be used to help recycle batteries
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Physics
Strange particles found in Antarctica cannot be explained by physics
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Health
Your microbiome reveals more about your health than your genes do
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Half a million at risk from Taal volcano eruption
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