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MEDYKA, POLAND - MARCH 09: Iryna Holoshchapova, a Ukrainian refugee who fled the embattled city of Mykolaiv, shows a video on her smartphone of a friend's apartment block in Mykolaiv on fire following a Russian attack as she, her son Tibor and mother Halina rest in a heated tent at the Medyka border crossing on March 09, 2022 in Medyka, Poland. Yulia said her friend was not in the building when it was struck. Over one million people have arrived in Poland from Ukraine since the Russian invasion of February 24, and while many are now living with relatives who live and work in Poland, others are journeying onward to other countries in Europe. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Humans

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European rabbits (Oryctolagus ciniculus) juveniles emerging from burrow, Cheshire, UK May

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Physics

How a new kind of gravitational wave will reveal the early universe

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MEDYKA, POLAND - MARCH 09: Iryna Holoshchapova, a Ukrainian refugee who fled the embattled city of Mykolaiv, shows a video on her smartphone of a friend's apartment block in Mykolaiv on fire following a Russian attack as she, her son Tibor and mother Halina rest in a heated tent at the Medyka border crossing on March 09, 2022 in Medyka, Poland. Yulia said her friend was not in the building when it was struck. Over one million people have arrived in Poland from Ukraine since the Russian invasion of February 24, and while many are now living with relatives who live and work in Poland, others are journeying onward to other countries in Europe. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Humans

The internet is a key battleground for truth about the Ukraine war

The threats of cyberwarfare and online disinformation loom over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but even in this online age, war is still life or death for those in the firing line

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RUSSIANS INVADE UKRAINE -- MARCH 10, 2022: 17 Maxar satellite imagery closeup of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. 10mar2022_wv2. Please use: Satellite image (c) 2022 Maxar Technologies.

Physics

Nuclear safety regulators urge Russia to grant access to Chernobyl

Russian forces have threatened safety at several nuclear power plants in Ukraine including Chernobyl, but聽the risk of a serious radiation release is thought to be low

Technology

How do organisations find and debunk disinformation on war in Ukraine?

Technology

Why hasn’t Russia waged an all-out cyberwar against Ukraine?

Environment

Cutting biofuels can help avoid global food shock from Ukraine war

Health

Even a low level of light at night may disrupt your blood sugar

Health

We may now know why young blood can have rejuvenating effects

Space

Curiosity rover discovers diverse cache of organic minerals on Mars

Space

Double-shadowed moon craters may be coldest place in the solar system

Space

Moon mystery could be solved by simulation of planetary smash-up

Health

Iceland targets herd immunity with controversial covid-19 strategy

Space

Perseverance rover measures speed of sound on Mars for the first time

Earth

Red and purple microbes give Australia鈥檚 mysterious pink lake its hue

Technology

Collision-dodging drones can navigate tight spaces without crashing

Life

Common toads surprise biologists by climbing trees

Technology

Simple mathematical trick could slash AI development time in half

Life

Resurrecting extinct species from their DNA is essentially impossible

Health

Hugging a pillow that mimics breathing could reduce anxiety

Health

Electric field keeps kidney cells powered up while organs are on ice

Humans

AI can help historians restore ancient texts from damaged inscriptions

Health

Recurring UTIs may be prevented with an antiseptic drug

Life

A 6-metre-long crocodile relative lived in China during the Bronze Age

Health

Your organs may be ageing at different rates

Analysis

Health

Learning to live with covid-19 means covering up coughs and sneezes

As covid-19 restrictions end in many countries, we have a moral duty to cover our mouths and nose when we sneeze and avoid socialising when we feel ill, says Jonathan R Goodman

Space

We mustn鈥檛 let the billionaire rocket men decide what happens in space

Aperture

Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick under the wing of protective parent, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June.Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards 2017. First Prize in the '2017 National Wildlife Photo Contest' organised by the National Wildlife Federation of the USA

Life

Beautiful new photos of flamingos thriving in Mexico’s wetlands

Flamingos prefer their habitats "just so", and the Yucat谩n peninsula in Mexico ticks all the boxes, as revealed by Claudio Contreras Koob's delightful photographs

Features

Physics

How a new kind of gravitational wave will reveal the early universe

With 90 detections now under our belt, gravitational waves are solving riddles about the evolution of galaxies and missing black holes 鈥� and they could soon give us a glimpse of dark matter

Life

Rabbits face a fresh onslaught akin to myxomatosis 鈥� can they survive?

Technology

Artificial touch: The new tech making virtual reality more immersive

Culture

Humans

Downfall: The case against Boeing review: Tragedy and broken trust

Netflix's new film about recent Boeing plane crashes is a damning account of why the disasters happened and who was responsible

Humans

Get Rich or Lie Trying review: A pacy scroll through influencer life

Humans

Don’t miss: The chance to get life lessons from plants and fungi

Humans

Last Exit Space review: An unusual take on the race to colonise space

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Humans

How to perform the culinary technique of spherification at home

A hallmark of top-tier modernist cuisine, spherification is nevertheless something you can try in your own kitchen. It's time to conquer your spheres, says Sam Wong

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Radioactive gummy bears, renewable trams and moon geese

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