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Spurilla neapolitana. A 'groundbreaking' sea slug discovery has been made - in a UK first. The nudibranch Spurilla neapolitana, typically found in much warmer climates, has been discovered in Cornwall. The colourful sea slug is a usual resident in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and along the western Atlantic. Until now, its most northerly sighting was in Brest, France, in August 2025.

Life

See the alien-looking sea slug spotted in UK waters for the first time

Spurilla neapolitana – known as the hair curler slug – is usually found in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, but is now moving northwards, perhaps due to warming oceans

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Earth

Atmospheric hydrogen is rising, which may be a problem for the climate

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Health

Starting HRT in early menopause may reduce women’s risk of Alzheimer’s

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Humans

The oldest human mummies were slowly smoked 14,000 years ago

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Health

Where you store fat may influence the effect it has on your brain

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Space

Lunar missions may contaminate the moon with hardy Earth microbes

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Technology

Quantum computers have finally achieved unconditional supremacy

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Health

One blood sample could reveal the age of 11 of your organs and systems

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Environment

Cutting down the Amazon will bring extreme rain, wind and heat

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Health

Vitamin D supplements may lower your level of one type of vitamin D

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Health

Stretching the skin could enable vaccines to be given without a needle

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Space

Asteroid exploded ‘similar to a bomb’ over France in a rare event

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Life

Stunning amber deposits hold insects from the time of the dinosaurs

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Technology

Stealth radio hides signal in background noise to protect drone pilots

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Life

Wild chimpanzees may get mildly intoxicated from alcoholic fruit

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Health

Long covid may be making your periods longer and heavier

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Technology

Around one-third of AI search tool answers make unsupported claims

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Health

Good immune health may come at the expense of chronic inflammation

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Space

Mars once had an atmosphere that was thicker than Earth’s today

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Life

Dome-headed dinosaur from Mongolia is the oldest ever found

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Physics

Making atoms self-magnify reveals their quantum wave functions

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