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World’s biggest onshore wind turbine blades unveiled in China

A Chinese company is building wind turbines with 131-metre-long blades, the longest ever used in an onshore power plant

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Quantum computer uses a time crystal as a control dial

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Environment

Drought has hit the Panama Canal hard – can it survive climate change?

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Health

How menopause can make menstrual cycles longer and more unpredictable

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Technology

See antique clockwork marvels from China’s Forbidden City

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Technology

This robot can figure out how to open almost any door on its own

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Earth

Ocean thunderstorms generate the most intense lightning ever observed

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Space

Asteroid sampled by NASA may once have been part of an ocean world

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Life

Lager could get array of novel flavours thanks to new strains of yeast

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Health

Blue eyes may be better for reading in dim light than brown eyes

People with blue eyes may have better sight in dim conditions than those with brown eyes, which could explain why the colour has persisted in certain populations

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Humans

Ancient Herculaneum scroll piece revealed by AI – here’s what it says

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Life

Extinct elk species had antlers that were too big to make sense

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Earth

Lightning during volcanic eruptions may have sparked life on Earth

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Environment

Hurricanes are becoming so strong we may need a new scale to rate them

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