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Asteroid hit by NASA spacecraft is behaving unexpectedly

When NASA crashed its DART spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos, the goal was to shorten the space rock's orbit around its parent asteroid. The mission succeeded - but Dimorphos' orbit has continued to shrink and it isn't clear why

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Technology

Terminator model has living skin made from fungus

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Artists impression of a black hole destroying a nearby star

Space

Never-before-seen space explosion is incredibly bright but fades fast

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Mind

Athletes may look bigger if they wear higher numbers on their jerseys

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Future battery concepts

Technology

Quantum batteries that charge wirelessly might never lose efficiency

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2RHHNP6 Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization(WHO), third from right, and Mansukh Mandaviya, Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, second right, look with other delegates at pots filled with millets during the Global Conference on Traditional Medicine as part of the G20's Health Ministers' meeting in Gandhinagar, India, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Health

We need evidence about the risks and benefits of alternative medicines

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Environment

The proposed Anthropocene definition is unscientific and harmful

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P90HYK Particle collision and explosion. Bright blue particles with streams collide and create explosion shockwave with trails. Spherical multicolored explos

Physics

Physicists can complete our amazing, imperfect picture of reality

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Physics

Pumps that beat like the heart could increase energy efficiency

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Astrocyte brain cells. Fluorescence light micrograph of primary astrocyte cells from the brain of a mouse. Astrocytes have numerous branches of connective tissue that provide support and nutrition to the neurons (nerve cells) of the brain. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is green; cell nuclei are magenta; actin filaments are blue.

Health

New type of brain cell discovered that acts like hybrid of two others

A type of brain cell that behaves like a hybrid of neurons and glia has been spotted, and it could explain how some neurodegenerative conditions, such as Parkinson鈥檚, develop

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Environment

Earth has just seen its hottest three-month spell on record

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Humans

A million years of marijuana: How cannabis became our favourite weed

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Life

Gannets prefer to roll either right or left when they dive

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Humans

Mysterious ancient stones were deliberately made into spheres

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