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Ballbot learns to push a wheelchair

Technology

Ball-balancing robot could assist wheelchair users

A robot that moves around by balancing on a ball could prove a better assistant for wheelchair users than humanoid robots that walk on two legs

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Concept of quantum computer

Technology

How Schr枚dinger’s cat could make quantum computers work better

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Physics

Black holes scramble information 鈥� but may not be the best at it

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Life

Zebras bob their heads at each other to signal cooperation

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Swallowable sensor unfurls in stomach to monitor gut health

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Life

Stink bugs grow a fungal garden on their legs to fight parasitic wasps

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Matt Damon in The Martian
Life

Jurassic Park to The Martian: 5 movies that get botany (mostly) wrong

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Health

Autoimmune conditions linked to reactivated X chromosome genes

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Life

Red squirrels were hosts for leprosy in medieval England

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Eruption of Strokkur Geysir in Iceland

Life

Protocells on early Earth may have been formed by squeezing geysers

Simulations of the crust of early Earth show that cycles of pressure caused by geysers or tidal forces could have generated cell-like structures and even very simple proteins

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Life

Flies undertake epic migrations that may be vital for pollination

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Space

China is sending its Chang鈥檈 6 spacecraft to the far side of the moon

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Space

Mysterious space signals may come from a dead star with a planet

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Life

Seven surprising things you may not know about roots

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