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A robot made of magnetic slime could be deployed inside the body to perform tasks such as retrieving objects swallowed by accident.
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Finland’s two-year test of universal basic income concluded that it doesn't seem to disincentivise working, and benefits recipients’ mental and financial wellbeing bit.ly/32k19J8
Finland’s two-year test of universal basic income has concluded that it doesn't seem to disincentivise working, and benefits recipients’ mental and financial wellbeing bit.ly/2zi5D8d
Moons can have moons and they are called moonmoons bit.ly/2CABDF4
This red dot is the oldest galaxy we've ever seen!
The latest data from the James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers find the galaxy, which dates back to just 300 million years after the big bang newscientist.com/article/232960
A new shape called the scutoid has been discovered in our cells bit.ly/2Om5CDe
Blasts from the past: NASA's incredible photo archives capture 60 years of space travel bit.ly/2SRXVK1
Scientists have trained rats to drive tiny cars to collect food ow.ly/GWUQ50wRaI6
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The galaxy, known as GLASS-z13, has broken the record for the oldest galaxy ever observed by nearly 100 million years!
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Cosmic rays have revealed a new chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid newscienti.st/2zduHv2
Here's the first ever picture of a black hole, just released from the Event Horizon Telescope. #EHTBlackhole (Credit: EHT Collaboration).
Nuclear fusion made important progress in 2020, but the technology is still decades away bit.ly/38hRA0c
BREAKING: Data from two ground-based telescopes have discovered small quantities of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus. There are no known non-biological mechanisms of making the gas on Venus, so it *may* be being produced by alien microbes. (1/5) newscientist.com/article/225441
The CRISPR genome-editing technique that's revolutionising biology just got a major upgrade bit.ly/2BDmqAd
SpaceX is the first private company to send the same vehicle into orbit twice ow.ly/xC8p30clU4S
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Earth has acquired a brand new moon that's about the size of a car bit.ly/3c7qNVj
Elon Musk's SpaceX may have been one explosion away from going bust bit.ly/3s6beom
New kind of blue found in cabbage could replace synthetic food dye bit.ly/3fOxMa9
We can now create life without the need for sperm or eggs bit.ly/2vuxjV7
mRNA cancer therapy now in human trials after shrinking mouse tumours
Squid-like creature that looked like a giant paperclip lived 200 years bit.ly/3erhaSQ
Antidepressants leaking into waterways could make crayfish bolder bit.ly/3gACiYC
The hydrogen atoms in your body, which account for a little over a tenth of your mass, were formed in the Big Bang bit.ly/3ummtKO
Thousands of starlings fly together to make an enormous bird bit.ly/3cKCmmB
Greta Thunberg says she and her father had #covid19 symptoms after a recent rail tour of Europe together, and they have both self-isolated. "I don’t want to put anyone else at risk."
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NASA has selected SpaceX to build a lander to take humans to the moon bit.ly/3gj5pRp
NASA has produced oxygen on the surface of Mars for the first time bit.ly/2QQskJk
This amazing photograph by shows a murmuration of thousands of starlings appearing like a single giant creature bit.ly/315rDhe
Bees learn to play golf and show off how clever they really are ow.ly/9MYg309jyaT
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Dinosaur found in Argentina may be largest land animal ever bit.ly/3bOVa56
AI-generated tongue could make game characters look more realistic bit.ly/36mpQXq
Pluto is covered in huge red patches and we don't know what they are bit.ly/3ddvsHs
Kites and falcons in Australia have been seen picking up burning twigs to spread wildfires and flush out prey ow.ly/yt9G30hDRAo
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Discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope, galaxy GN-z11 was the previous recorder holder, which dates back to 400 million years after the birth of the universe
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UK-based AI company DeepMind has mapped the structure of 98.5 per cent of the 20,000 or so proteins in the human body, and made the data freely available
Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars bit.ly/2ymjHav
We’ve caught a black hole devouring a neutron star for the first time bit.ly/3AbOvM3
NASA confirms there is water on the moon that astronauts could use bit.ly/3onsJiN
This is the most detailed look at individual atoms ever captured bit.ly/3g6uFce
We’ve caught a black hole devouring a neutron star for the first time bit.ly/3h5nB10
We’ve caught a black hole devouring a neutron star for the first time bit.ly/3637hHJ
Mindfulness and meditation can worsen depression and anxiety bit.ly/3iFwTi9
Rosalind Franklin, born 100 years ago today, made a significant contribution to the discovery of the DNA double helix, but was overlooked for a Nobel prize. bit.ly/32Pg6o7
Mars has ice sheets 130 metres thick hiding below its red dust bit.ly/2msUmsa
What if your phone had a robotic finger? ow.ly/bclZ30m67W6
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Cats can be considered liquids due to their ability to adopt the shape of their container
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Alan Turing, British mathematician, wartime codebreaker and computer pioneer, will be the face of the new £50 note entering circulation on his birthday, 23 June bit.ly/3cnApxz
Brain fog – which encompasses memory problems, lack of mental clarity and an inability to focus – had eluded scientific scrutiny until covid-19 thrust it into the spotlight
Now, we're starting to learn more about what exactly it is and how we can beat it
NASA has produced oxygen on the surface of Mars for the first time bit.ly/3eE3zrR
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Meanwhile this stunning image produced using the latest data from the James Webb Space Telescope, may provide insights on how dust behaves in space
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Image of two mice tussling wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year bit.ly/2HhIzao
The human genome has finally been completely sequenced after 20 years bit.ly/2SGcEck
For the first time, a giant coconut crab has been seen stalking, killing and devouring a seabird bit.ly/2jmBlsG
An enormous ‘mega comet’ is flying into our solar system bit.ly/3xBpyI0
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Discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope have been pouring in since the release of its first full-colour science pictures last week
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Incredibly clear images of the Carina Nebula, the Eight-Burst Nebula, a galaxy cluster called Stephan’s Quintet and an exoplanet named WASP-96b make up the first set of science data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
#UnfoldTheUniverse
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A few curious cockatoos learned how to open residential waste bins in Australia, and now other birds have started copying them, with incidences of bin-looting spreading across eastern Australia in easily traceable waves. newscientist.com/article/228498
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We’ve caught a black hole devouring a neutron star for the first time bit.ly/3xdNcdK
An Australian beetle can walk upside down in a pool of water, on the underside of the water’s surface
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An unknown object is sending radio waves that switch on and off from the direction of the centre of the galaxy, and astronomers don't have any explanation for what it might be
The human genome has finally been completely sequenced after 20 years bit.ly/3p0c2dQ
You never know what you might find inside an agate. These minerals are formed in cavities left by gases trapped within volcanic rocks when they solidify. Later, water carrying silica in solution gets into the cavity and the silica gradually crystalises to become quartz.
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A marine polychaete worm captured off the north coast of Spain. Video by , courtesy of
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Major discovery suggests Denisovans lived in Tibet 160,000 years ago newscienti.st/2Y1PpXM
Google’s DeepMind AI can lip-read TV shows better than a pro bit.ly/2gcARAq
Three reasons why the periodic table needs a redesign bit.ly/2TCCz3G
New picture of famous black hole reveals its swirling magnetic field bit.ly/3lKgX0S
Your brain is like 100 billion mini-computers all working together bit.ly/2ynVymG
Weird caterpillar uses its old heads to make an elaborate hat bit.ly/3dLSwuz
Puppies are born with the genetic ability to understand humans bit.ly/3fKM8HY
We can now create life without the need for sperm or eggs bit.ly/2QAuPym
Do you ever feel like we're being observed by another life form?
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Elon Musk’s submarine plan to rescue Thai cave boys deserves respect bit.ly/2LbZH1n
Can physics explain consciousness and does it create reality? bit.ly/3r7Q4qB
This is the most detailed look at individual atoms ever captured bit.ly/3uTjF79
We have now detected gravitational waves from 47 pairs of black holes smashing together, and nearly one third of them may be strange primordial black holes bit.ly/33KTynK
This is the most detailed look at individual atoms ever captured bit.ly/3vP5W2t
In 1871, the mathematician Lord Kelvin invented a shape called an isotropic helicoid. He predicted it would behave strangely in a fluid.
Now the shape has been 3D-printed and tested for the first time – and it seems Kelvin may have been wrong bit.ly/3wMe4ke
The human genome has finally been completely sequenced after 20 years bit.ly/34t6v6j
We’ve caught a black hole devouring a neutron star for the first time bit.ly/3jCFUfK
Alan Turing, British mathematician, wartime codebreaker and computer pioneer, will be the face of the new £50 note entering circulation on his birthday, 23 June bit.ly/3dbYB59
Google has mapped a piece of human brain in the most detail ever bit.ly/3zlxK0I
GitHub's programming AI may be reusing code without permission bit.ly/2TIiTh0
This self-riding bicycle follows you around while you walk. Read the full story newscientist.com/article/mg2433
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Mini-heart grown in the lab can pump fluid just like the real thing bit.ly/3AlxAqB
Finland’s two-year test of universal basic income has concluded that it doesn't seem to disincentivise working, and benefits recipients’ mental and financial wellbeing bit.ly/3dC6saT
We’ve caught a black hole devouring a neutron star for the first time bit.ly/36bLu0s
