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Sunflowers in a field

Technology

Tiny artificial sunflowers could be used to harvest solar energy

Solar panels could be made from rows of artificial sunflowers, each less than 1 millimetre wide, which automatically bend towards light

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Voyager 1 and 2 outside the solar system

Space

Voyager 2 sent back its first detailed data from interstellar space

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The MMR vaccine protects against measles

Health

Measles has a devastating and long-term effect on your immune system

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SPHERE image of Hygiea

Space

Surprisingly round asteroid may actually be the smallest dwarf planet

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The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

Space

The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

Comment

Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours

Health

Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours

Features

A wind turbine farm off the coast of Yorkshire, UK

Technology

Renewables overtook fossil fuels in UK electricity mix for first time

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Maggie Aderin-Pocock on space travel and humanity's future

Space

Maggie Aderin-Pocock on space travel and humanity's future

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We may have spotted an interstellar comet flying towards Earth

Space

We may have spotted an interstellar comet flying towards Earth

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The team found DNA (red) and an enzyme (green) on the surface of human gallstones (yellow)

Health

Sticky nets of DNA from immune cells may be to blame for gallstones

Immune cells may help painful gallstones grow by ejecting sticky nets of DNA around the crystals that form in bile – a finding that could lead to new treatments

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Technology

Outshining fossil fuel: Your guide to the revolution in solar energy

Features

Environment

Coal power in Europe has had its biggest ever decline

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Environment

The UK is now using AI to predict solar power and lower energy bills

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Space

Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

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