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Leaders
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Health
Tiny chip can quickly identify hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences
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Technology
Curiosity Mars rover gets 50 per cent speed boost from software update
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Chemistry
Simple chemistry can recycle polystyrene into more valuable products
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Technology
Quantum computers might not offer extreme speed boost for chemistry
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Health
Living robots made from human cells may induce neuron healing
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Technology
Your smartphone could recognise you just by the way you hold it
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Space
JWST has captured a sparkling galaxy full of intense star formation
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Space
The star Betelgeuse has stopped dimming – but it's still acting weird
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Physics
Physicists surprised to discover the proton contains a charm quark
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Life
Sac with a mouth and no anus wasn't our earliest ancestor after all
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Earth
A second asteroid may have struck Earth when the dinosaurs died out
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Health
More than half of people infected with omicron may not know it
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Humans
Chewing can increase your body's energy use by up to 15 per cent
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Life
Ancient megalodon shark could eat a whale in just a few bites
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Health
Covid-19 linked to higher risk of brain conditions up to two years on
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Environment
Genetic tweaks to upgrade photosynthesis boost soy yield by a fifth
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Health
Most people with covid-19 are still infectious after five days
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Space
Shards of pure ice might snow upwards beneath the ice shell of Europa
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Mathematics
Rubik's Cube solution unlocked by memorising 3915 final move sequences
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Mind
We may use distinct parts of our brain to think about close friends
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Earth
Earthquakes seem to come in a more predictable pattern than we thought
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Environment
Heatwave in China is the most severe ever recorded in the world
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Analysis
Aperture
Features
Culture
Humans
Writing Gaia review: The letters of James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis
Culture
Humans
Nope review: Jordan Peele UFO horror is packed with interesting ideas
Culture
Humans
The Genetic Age review: Is genetic engineering a costly distraction?
Culture
Humans
Don't Miss: NASA's first steps toward new moon mission via Orion trial
Culture
Humans
Two noir sci-fi novels show crushing despair can make great reading
Culture
