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Europa (foreground), with Jupiter (right) and Io (middle)

Space

Europa’s underground ocean seems to have the carbon necessary for life

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have shown carbon dioxide on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa – that’s a good sign for the habitability of its buried seas

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A chimaera fish

Life

Fish adapted to the deep sea 80 million years earlier than we thought

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Steve Jones at the US Botanic Garden with a bloom (Devin Dotson/US Botanic Garden)

Life

The strange plant that just might be the worst smell on the planet

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Space

Last chance to see comet Nishimura before it vanishes for 400 years

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Brush-footed spider

Life

Exquisite spider fossils from Australia offer clues to their evolution

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Space

NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal asteroid may reveal how Earth formed

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Environment

Net zero delay won't help when UK is already behind on climate targets

Analysis

The Boston Dynamics robot dog Spot

Comment

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Artist's concept of Makemake

Space

Eris and Makemake might be hiding unexpected oceans of liquid water

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Two thick-billed murres

Life

Young seabird couples get 'divorced' with little immediate benefit

Thick-billed murres normally mate for life, but young couples are more likely to break up, despite seeing no benefit to mating success the next year

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Life

Human noise pollution drives monkeys to rely on communication by scent

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Environment

'Dark earth' made by Amazon farmers stores carbon for centuries

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Technology

Corkscrew-shaped microbot could use sound to spiral through human body

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Mind

Suppressing worrying thoughts may improve our mental health

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