Science
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Parker Solar Probe will soon go deeper into the sun than ever before
Illustration of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe NASA GSFC/CIL/Brian Monroe In less than two weeks, a spacecraft will pass through the…
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Liquid metal unlocks a way to make artificial blood vessels
A gallium cast used to make a channel system in a soft gel, mimicking blood vessels Subramanian Sundaram/BU and Harvard…
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Earth may have had its water delivered by a vast cloud of vapour
The sun may have created a vast mass of water gas by heating asteroids ESA/Hubble Copyright: NASA, ESA, M.A. Garlick…
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Pigeons are misunderstood: These little-known facts will prove why
Pigeons have a lot more going on that you might assume I had always felt ambivalent towards pigeons. Pigeons are…
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To fix the world’s problems, we need both optimism and pessimism
This year will be remembered for many pioneering events, from the first private landing on the moon (see “Space was…
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Bird flu suddenly got serious in 2024, infecting dozens of people
Cattle herds across the US caught bird flu this year Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images A highly infectious…
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Space was for sale in 2024 as private missions led by Elon Musk boomed
Jared Isaacman partially exited a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft in September SpaceX Private companies reached several milestones in space this…
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Dogs pull harder on the leash when they wear a harness than a collar
Dogs wearing harnesses can pull with a force exceeding their body weight CBCK-Christine/Alamy Dogs generally pull about 60 per cent…
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The amazing talents of pigeons – and why we should learn to love them
“Hello again!” Pigeons can remember individual human faces Martin Parr/Magnum Photos I was walking in the park with a friend…
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Arctic tundra is now a source – not a sink – of carbon emissions
Arctic tundra in Siberia Shutterstock / Andrei Stepanov The Arctic tundra now emits more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases…
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