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Zombieland: The vast world of hidden microbes miles beneath your feet

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Zombieland: The vast world of hidden microbes miles beneath your feet

No matter how deep we dig, life has always found a way to survive. The remarkable story of these impossible microbes can teach us about how life evolved

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Space

Fast radio bursts: We're finally decoding messages from deep space

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Space

The race to build a space internet available to anyone, anywhere

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Life

Blood amber: The exquisite trove of fossils fuelling war in Myanmar

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Humans

The origins of language discovered in music, mime and mimicry

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The truth about the QWERTY keyboard

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The truth about the QWERTY keyboard

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Technology

Machine mind hack: The new threat that could scupper the AI revolution

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Oldest woman ever or impostor? The controversial case of Calment

Humans

Oldest woman ever or impostor? The controversial case of Calment

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Life

Anti-ageing drugs are coming that could keep you healthier for longer

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Life

Reef halo riddle: What's behind the mysterious rings around coral?

We long assumed that circles of bare sand around coral reefs are caused by fish nibbling away seaweed. But a 10-year investigation has found the truth is far murkier

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Physics

What would happen if you got sucked into a black hole?

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Health

Protein mania: The problem with the West’s latest diet obsession

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Earth

Surprising ways the changing Earth shaped human evolution and society

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Humans

The science skills most in demand

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