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Environment

Common compostable plastic fails to break down after a year at sea

A leading "bioplastic" used in single-use cups and containers degrades in the ocean just as slowly as the oil-based stuff, and must be broken down in commercial facilities to be composted

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Environment

Tumble dryers shed hundreds of tonnes of microfibres into waterways

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Why sending messages to extraterrestrials is controversial

Space

Why sending messages to extraterrestrials is controversial

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Space

Lab imitations of the unobservable cosmos can be genuinely insightful

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Milky Way. Night sky and silhouette of a standing man

Space

Questions I dread: How did the universe begin, and what is space-time?

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Bendy solar panels are just as good as regular ones

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Bendy solar panels are just as good as regular ones

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Health

Man with paralysis can walk by activating spine implants with his mind

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Physics

Nuclear clocks could be the best timepiece in the universe

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Virgin Orbit

Space

Why has Virgin Orbit shut down and what will happen to UK spaceports?

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Space

Astronomers race to observe rare supernova in a nearby galaxy

An exploding star spotted in the Pinwheel galaxy, 21 million light years from Earth, offers a rare chance to watch a supernova unfolding in real time

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Health

Do new Alzheimer's drugs signal the end of the condition?

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Life

Wild African primates have flame retardants in their faeces

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Life

Seagulls choose their meals based on what people nearby are eating

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Technology

AI passed an advertising Turing test for the first time

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