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A new kind of hidden black hole may explain the mystery of dark energy
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The psychologist exposing the mental gymnastics that conceal racism
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Brain implant lets man with paralysis fly a virtual drone by thought
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Environment
Reliance on wind and solar does expose nations to energy price spikes
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Farms can install vertical solar panels without reducing crop yields
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Mind
This optical illusion expands as you stare at it - and now we know why
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Space
Weird icy balls in space could be a totally new kind of star
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Physics
Extremely cold atoms can selectively defy entropy
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Health
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy lower the risk of 42 conditions
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Space
An alien planet has winds that blow at 33,000 kilometres per hour
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Environment
Sicily's hills were 40 metres below water during Earth's megaflood
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Technology
Electric cars now last as long as petrol and diesel counterparts
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Physics
Twisted crystals show hints of a new kind of superconductivity
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Earth
Towering structures in Earth’s depths may be billions of years old
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Life
An orchid uses a finger-like appendage to pollinate itself
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Life
Giant sloths lived alongside humans in South America for millennia
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Life
Dinosaurs may have first evolved in the Sahara and Amazon rainforest
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Environment
Carbon removal schemes on farms could change Earth’s reflectivity
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Environment
The world is on track for between 1.9 and 3.7°C of warming by 2100
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Health
Covid smell loss eased by injecting blood cells into the nose
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Environment
Setting fire to a million acres of California could cut smoke by half
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Technology
A hole-filled battery could make wearables more breathable than cotton
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Space
Habitable planets could have formed at the dawn of the universe
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Earth
Gorgeous images capture coral breeding breakthrough
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Environment
A giant iceberg is headed for the island of South Georgia
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