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A farm from above

AI could monitor farms from space to look for illegal pollution

A face in Cliniface

3D facial analysis could help identify children with rare conditions

A person on a phone

UK wants to curb fake news and cyberbullying with new internet laws

Speaking at least one other language may make us more humane

Speaking at least one other language may make us more humane

Swabbing for microbes in space

NASA says the International Space Station is covered in bacteria

Air pollution sign

ULEZ: London is cleaning up its dirty air but what about other cities?

IN DEPTH

elephants holding instruments

Most animals can’t keep a beat despite what Darwin believed

chimp

A chimp’s hug shows it’s time to accept that animals have feelings too

Northern lights

The Northern Lights make a mysterious noise and now we might know why

David Attenborough's Our Planet on Netflix is beautiful but empty

David Attenborough’s Our Planet on Netflix is beautiful but empty

brain scan

The illnesses caused by a disconnect between brain and mind

moon

Sorry, but NASA probably isn’t sending astronauts to the moon in 2024

EDITOR’S CHOICE

HPV immunisation

Scotland’s HPV vaccine linked to ‘near elimination’ of cervical cancer

Cat ignores its owner

Pet cats know their names they just sometimes prefer to ignore you

Stonehenge artwork

Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA

NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue


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