Science
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Tick-borne diseases are booming – but we have new ways to fight them
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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Asteroid 2024 YR4 is on collision course with the moon and could fire shrapnel at Earth
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could result in the largest impact on the moon for the past 5000 years MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO…
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Why you should join a watch party to see the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/A. Pizarro D I have never been to a watch party, unless you count…
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Ancient monstersaur had ‘goblin-like’ teeth and sheddable tail
Artistic reconstruction of Bolg amondol Cullen Townsend An extinct monstersaur discovered in North America is shedding new light on life…
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UK should expect summers above 40°C in next decade, warns Met Office
Hot weather during UK summers is likely here to stay HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images The UK should urgently prepare…
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Helgoland: Searching for the past and future of quantum physics on a tiny island
The island of Helgoland plays an almost mythological role in the history of quantum mechanics Shutterstock/Markus Stappen I have been…
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Cryopreserved sea star larvae could enable vital species to recover
Giant pink sea star larvae resumed their development after being frozen at −200°C Patrick Webster For the first time, scientists…
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Biotech firm aims to create ‘ChatGPT of biology’ – will it work?
Basecamp researchers gathering genetic data in Malta Greg Funnell A British biotech firm called Basecamp Research has spent the past…
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Could reusable rockets make solar geoengineering less risky?
Rockets could carry cooling aerosols to high altitudes Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Reusable rockets that deliver sun-reflecting aerosols to the top…
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The surprisingly big impact the small intestine has on your health
The US humorist Christopher Morley once described the human body as “an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing”. He wasn’t wrong:…
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