Science
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Dead NASA satellite unexpectedly emits powerful radio pulse
An illustration of NASA’s Relay 1 satellite, the precursor to Relay 2 NASA A satellite that had been dead for…
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Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones
Exposure to hormones in utero could affect human brain growth Peter Dazeley/Getty Images The human brain is one of the…
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Why Lyme disease and other tick-borne conditions are on the rise
Ticks carry more zoonotic pathogens than any other known vector Sergey Aleshin/Getty Images Tucked away in a ground-floor lab in…
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CAR T-cell therapy could be made in the body of someone with cancer
Illustration of CAR T-cell therapy targeting multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer Nemes Laszlo/Alamy CAR T-cell therapy has the…
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Your brain tracks your sleep debt – and now we may know how
How does the brain encourage us to make up for sleep loss? Connect Images/Getty Images Researchers have discovered neurons in…
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The surprising silver lining to the recent boom in invertebrate pets
A Mexican redknee tarantula (Brachypelma smithi) Shutterstock/Milan Zygmunt When I was about 7 or 8 years old, my biology-professor dad…
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Could natural hydrogen from underground help the UK get to net zero?
The Lizard peninsula in Cornwall contains rocks that could generate hydrogen gas pio3/Shutterstock In recent years, the discovery of small…
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Offsetting global fossil fuel stores by planting trees is impossible
A tree-planting project in British Columbia, Canada James MacDonald/Bloomberg via Getty Images It would be nearly impossible to plant enough…
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The Science of Revenge: A new book argues that revenge is an addiction – but doesn’t convince
Was the UK’s iconic Sycamore Gap tree felled in an act of revenge? VAUGHAN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The Science of RevengeJames Kimmel Jr.…
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What are we losing by burying ourselves in immersive experiences?
What are you doing later: roaming through Van Gogh’s landscapes, time-travelling to ancient Egypt or maybe catching a posthumous gig…
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