Science
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Starship launch 6: When is the next SpaceX flight test and what can we expect?
SpaceX says on its website that it aims to conduct the sixth test flight of Starship as early as 18…
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Watch autonomous cars do doughnuts and drift sideways round corners
Driverless cars can now do doughnuts and drift like stunt drivers, skidding sideways around corners while maintaining control, which might…
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World’s largest coral is 300 years old and was discovered by accident
Measuring the massive coral Inigo San Felix/National Geographic Society In the south-west Pacific, off the coast of one of the…
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We must use genetic technologies now to avert the coming food crisis
There are two monumental problems with the world’s food system. Firstly, hundreds of millions of people can’t afford to buy…
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12,000-year-old stones may be oldest example of wheel-like tools
A perforated pebble from the Nahal Ein Gev II archaeological site, which may be an ancient spindle whorl Laurent Davin…
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Mounting evidence points to air pollution as a cause of eczema
Air pollution is hard to avoid, particularly for city dwellers Ron Adar/Alamy Air pollution is increasingly being linked to a…
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Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains
The skeleton of Navaornis hestiae, an 80-million-year-old bird fossil S. Abramowicz/Dinosaur Institute/Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County An 80-million-year-old…
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Millions of phones create most complete map ever of the ionosphere
Disturbances in the ionosphere can interfere with radio communication and satellite navigation Shutterstock/buradaki Data from millions of phones has helped…
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Sweeter tomatoes are coming soon thanks to CRISPR gene editing
Gene editing can make larger tomato varieties sweeter Paul Maguire/Shutterstock If you like your tomatoes sweet, the smaller cherry tomato…
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Why we now think the myopia epidemic can be slowed – or even reversed
I vividly remember getting my first pair of glasses as a child. My mum is very near-sighted and dispatched me…
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