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NASA's mission to Europa isn't meant to find alien life - but it could

Later this year, NASA is launching its Europa Clipper spacecraft to the icy moon of Jupiter. Its mission is only to investigate whether the moon is habitable, but now researchers have found that one of its instruments could look for direct signs of life

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NASA's mission to Europa isn't meant to find alien life - but it could

Humans

Medieval horses buried in London had far-flung origins

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Life

Dogs really do understand that words stand for objects

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The sun producing solar flares

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Largest recorded solar storm was even bigger than we thought

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Life

Ant queens have good reasons for eating their own babies

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Life

Male and female spiders pair up to look like a flower

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Technology

Why giving AI a robot body could make its ‘brain’ more human-like

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Debris around the Space X Starship launch pad

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SpaceX’s Starship created a volcano-like explosion in first launch

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Environment

Organic farms seem to trigger more pesticide use on conventional farms

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Drs. Kawai and Elias will be transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney

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Pig kidney transplanted into living human for the first time

A genetically modified pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a living human – and the recipient is expected to leave hospital soon

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Earth

Sulphur dioxide from Iceland volcano eruption has reached the UK

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Health

Teen sweat has distinct chemical make-up with notes of musk and urine

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Environment

Food costs more because of climate change - and it will get worse

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Mathematics

Why 2024 Abel prize winner Michel Talagrand became a mathematician

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