Science
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511Look at the underside of a log, and you’ll find my new obsession: the beautiful, bonkers world of slime moulds | Lucy Jones
A few years ago, I started looking at the underside of logs and it changed my life. I found a secret carnival...
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8UK grants licence for startup to send rocket into space from Shetland Islands | Aerospace industry
The UK has granted permission to send the first rocket into space from the Shetland Islands to a German startup that plans...
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17AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it? | Arwa Mahdawi
How do you do, fellow humans? My name is Arwa and I am a genuine member of the species homo sapiens. We’re...
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6Jeff Bezos’s reusable rocket New Glenn is launched into space – video | Jeff Bezos
Blue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket has blasted off from Florida on its first mission to space. Its first attempt to launch,...
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14Moon added to list of threatened cultural sites for first time | Heritage
The moon has been placed on a list of threatened heritage sites, owing to fears of potential looting and destruction caused by...
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9The sun’s magnetic field will flip soon. Here’s what to expect.
The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11...
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9Where did our attention spans go, and can we get them back? – podcast | Psychology
The Oxford English Dictionary announced its word of the year at the end of 2024: brain rot. The term relates to the...
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What if life on Venus is just life from Earth?
When an asteroid strikes, there’s typically at least one undeniable outcome: an asteroid mess. The most obvious part of this mess tends...
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11‘Life-or-death consequences’: families fear rollback of school vaccine requirements under RFK Jr | Trump administration
A political battle over school-based Covid protocols in early 2021 quickly turned personal for one Colorado family, whose son’s cystic fibrosis –...
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‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ finale leaves us asking ‘what’s next’?
The best thing about Skeleton Crew is that, in a time of uncertainty for the larger Star Wars franchise as it tries...
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25UK can be ‘AI sweet spot’: Starmer’s tech minister on regulation, Musk, and free speech | Artificial intelligence (AI)
With the NHS still struggling, a prisons crisis still teetering and Britain’s borrowing costs soaring, there are few easy jobs going in...
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Telescope vs monocular: Which should I buy?
Ask an astronomer what the best monocular is for astronomy, and they will give you the same answer: One of the best...
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13From the Beatles to biologics – how Liverpool became a life science hotspot | Pharmaceuticals industry
Tucked away in the village of Leasowe, near Moreton on the Wirral peninsula west of Liverpool, the US pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers...
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Saturn disappears behind the moon in stunning telescope photo
A stunning new photo captures the moon and Saturn engaged in a cosmic game of peek-a-boo. On Jan. 4, Saturn briefly hid...
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32How weather ‘whiplash’ set the stage for the LA fires – podcast | Science
As wildfires continue to cause devastation in Los Angeles, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Albert van Dijk, professor of water science and management...
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Uncanny ‘Alien: Romulus’ Ian Holm CGI fixed for home release as director ‘wasn’t 100 percent happy’
With a box office haul of $350 million worldwide and widespread acclaim, 2024’s ‘Alien: Romulus‘ was considered a strong return to form...
