Science
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Farms can install vertical solar panels without reducing crop yields
Wheat is harvested from strips lined by vertical solar panels at the Next2Sun solar park in Germany Knoblauch GmbH/Next2Sun Rapid…
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Weird icy balls in space could be a totally new kind of star
Images of the two peculiar icy objects captured by the ALMA radio telescope Takashi Shimonishi/Niigata University Two strange, icy objects…
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Rereading the best science fiction writers of all time: Iain M. Banks
Iain M. Banks wrote a succession of best-selling science fiction stories Joseph Branston/SFX Magazine/Future via Getty Images The Culture seriesIain…
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The science of exercise: Sticking to your New Year’s workout plan
How can you set yourself up for exercise success in 2025? Alamy Stock Photo Whether you are a couch potato…
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Reliance on wind and solar does expose nations to energy price spikes
Solar and wind generate a large proportion of Spain’s electricity Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo/Alamy Nations with large amounts of wind and…
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How to see all the solar system’s planets in the night sky at once
All the planets will appear to line up across the sky towards the end of February alxpin/Getty Images All of…
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The surprising relationship between your gut microbiome and sleeping well
Foxys_forest_manufacture/Getty Images There are many things we can blame for a bad night’s sleep – screen time, stress, too much…
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Why your chronotype is key to figuring out how much sleep you need
Would we feel better if we slept a bit more? Possibly – but it isn’t guaranteed. While we know the…
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Fertiliser can be made from human urine in just a few simple steps
Human urine could be used to make fertiliser fotokostic/Getty Images A more efficient way to extract fertiliser from human urine…
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How GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy affect risk of 175 conditions
Semaglutide and other GLP-1 agonists are injected Iuliia Burmistrova/Getty Images Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, called GLP-1 agonists, carry more…
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