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Space

Safety panel puts brakes on SpaceX’s plan to put humans in space

An independent safety panel has recommended that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket should not carry crew until the conditions that led to a 2016 explosion are fully understood

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Earth

A capsized oil tanker is releasing invisible toxins into the sea

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Health

Blindness treatment will insert algae gene into people’s eyes

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Health

Source of world’s biggest listeria outbreak still unknown

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Technology

Voice assistants dominate CES as Google plays catchup with Alexa

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Environment

We may be able to see mountains and valleys on distant worlds

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Physics

The universe still seems to be expanding faster than it ought to

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Humans

DNA of man who died in 1827 recreated from his living relatives

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Physics

Clever maths will stop hackers spying on the quantum internet

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Earth

Mount Etna may not really be a ‘proper’ volcano at all

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Health

Copycat justice has turned US counties into execution hotspots

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Physics

Mystery radio bursts may be from neutron star near a black hole

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Technology

A swarm of home-made drones has bombed a Russian airbase

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Humans

Study proves that humblebragging really is the worst

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Technology

The smart humanoid robot that will help in grocery warehouses

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Technology

You may be making cryptocurrency for hackers without realising

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Physics

Mystery dark matter may be ordinary neutrons that have decayed

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Environment

All other primates live their lives according to a simple rule

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Space

Mars has ice sheets 130 metres thick hiding below its red dust

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Health

Robotic implant could help children with rare disorder eat again

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Health

When people sleep more they also eat less sugar and carbs

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Health

Bowel cancer test may be a much better way to screen for polyps

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Earth

Even a small cut in global warming will help slow sea level rise

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Physics

Hidden exoplanets could be revealed by echoing light

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Health

A single gene can either raise or lower Crohn’s disease risk

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