Science
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What the extraordinary medical know-how of wild animals can teach us
Two decades ago, Jaap de Roode made a discovery that changed his scientific career. While researching the ecology and evolution…
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LHC finds intriguing new clues about our universe’s antimatter mystery
The LHCb detector at CERN CERN Were it not for a phenomenon called CP violation, we would probably not exist.…
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Most quakes on Mars happen during the summer – and we don’t know why
A fracture on Mars’s surface, taken in January 2018 by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express craft ESA/DLR/FU Berlin Thousands…
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Big Wheel: Giant Milky Way-like galaxy formed unusually soon after the big bang
The Big Wheel galaxy formed 2 billion years after the big bang Weichen Wang A newly-discovered spiral galaxy, dubbed the…
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Rolling boulders on Titan could threaten NASA’s Dragonfly mission
An artist’s impression of the Dragonfly rotorcraft on the surface of Titan NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben NASA’s Dragonfly mission is…
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Gravity may arise from quantumness of space
Do gravity-carrying particles need to exist in order to explain how gravity arises? koto_feja/Getty Images All the fundamental forces are…
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How a start-up plans to mine the moon for a rare form of helium
Artist’s impression of a future Interlune moon mining mission Interlune A space start-up will launch a moon mining mission in…
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Rule Breakers review: Terrific drama shows the battle for girls’ education in Afghanistan
Roya Mahboob (Nikohl Boosheri), centre, with young Afghan people Angel Studios Rule BreakersDirected by Bill GuttentagUS: Out now UK: Released…
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How breaking the rules of tic-tac-toe makes it way more fun
Two good players will always end noughts and crosses with a draw. Mikhail Rudenko/Alamy On the beach, scratching marks in…
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What makes a good day a good day, according to science
Socialising, particularly with friends, could be a sure-fire way of having a good day Ingram Publishing / Alamy We may…
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