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Swimming together lets fish move faster while expending less energy
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Mathematics
Decades-old mathematical mystery about the Game of Life finally solved
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Health
Girls’ brains aged unusually rapidly during the covid-19 pandemic
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Health
Headset delivers electric current to ease depression at home
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Health
CRISPR engineered viruses could render other viruses harmless
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Earth
Dead spacecraft are seeding the upper atmosphere with metal
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Physics
Dark stars may be waiting in a mirror universe for us to discover them
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Environment
Hurricane damage to forests could release huge amount of stored carbon
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Mind
People’s ‘speed of sight’ varies and this may explain sporting prowess
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Physics
Quantum physicists just got more certain about quantum uncertainty
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Life
Monkeys in Thailand took up stone tools when covid-19 stopped tourism
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Technology
Google wants to solve tricky physics problems with quantum computers
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Health
Probiotics helped reduce fatigue and memory loss from long covid
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Technology
AI learns to recognise objects with the efficiency of a newborn chick
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Physics
Springs made from rusty metallic glass could power nanorobots
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Life
Chimpanzees recognise photos of friends they haven't seen for decades
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Physics
Snowflakes fall to the ground according to a universal pattern
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Space
Radio bursts from space are exhibiting a strange ‘sad trombone’ effect
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Technology
Aloe vera plants turned into energy-storing supercapacitors
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Environment
Much of North America may face electricity shortages starting in 2024
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Technology
AI discovers new class of antibiotics to kill drug-resistant bacteria
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Health
Slower arm speed may be why older people fall more easily after a slip
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Life
The microbes that give cheddar cheese its distinct flavour
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Life
Sharks can be deterred from beaches by catching and releasing them
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