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Samsung folding phone delayed after reviewers break them too easily

24 April 2019

Several people given early access to the Samsung Galaxy Fold, broke the screen after a day's use. Samsung now says it will delay the release of the device


woman and child

Anti-ageing has often been seen as quack science. Not any more

24 April 2019

Ideas of living to 150 are dead and buried – but new anti-ageing drugs promise we can live healthier for longer. We should welcome them


climate protest

Climate is an emergency: Let's not leave action to activists

24 April 2019

Movements such as Extinction Rebellion may look political, but climate change is above politics – and it is up to all of us to force governments to take action


chemical plant

Clever chemistry could make fertiliser with a smaller carbon footprint

24 April 2019

There could finally be a way to make vital agricultural fertiliser without releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gases – but will it work on an industrial scale?


Genetically modified virus may shrink incurable brain cancers

Genetically modified virus may shrink incurable brain cancers

23 April 2019

People with incurable melanomas and brain or breast cancers are to receive injections of genetically modified viruses that may shrink their tumours


Orange smoke

SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule lost after 'anomaly' during ground test

23 April 2019

The Crew Dragon capsule is intended to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station, but a possible explosion during a ground test may set launches back


A hiber sattelite

Satellites are checking if boats in remote places are fishing legally

22 April 2019

The Indonesian government is using tiny internet-providing satellites to check if boats in the middle of the ocean are fishing legally


dingoes

Australia’s dingoes may keep feral cats in check and protect wildlife

22 April 2019

Feral cats have contributed to the extinction of 20 of Australia’s native mammals, but another predator – the dingo – might stop them causing more damage


turtle shells

UK government directs £4.6 million to tackling illegal wildlife trade

21 April 2019

Efforts to disrupt grey parrot trade in Cameroon and reduce demand for turtle products in Nicaragua are among 14 projects to win funding from the UK government


A foot fossil

Huge dinosaur may have stood on its toes with fleshy pads for balance

21 April 2019

Rhoetosaurus brownei lived 170 million years ago. Despite the dinosaur weighing 24 tonnes it may have stood on its tiptoes with fleshy pads for balance


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