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The Moon

Earth

Launching a huge dust cloud from the moon could ease global warming

Launching a million tonnes of moon dust around Earth could dim sunlight across our planet by 1.8 per cent. This would reduce the global temperature, but whether it would be worth the resources, and the risks involved in such a strategy, are unclear

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White opioid pills

Health

Newly found brain pathway could be key to reducing opioid addiction

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Environment

The push to grant legal rights to nature is gaining momentum

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Health

How understanding a form of broken heart syndrome could save lives

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Environment

The 2000-watt energy saving challenge may be hard, but it鈥檚 worthwhile

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Two orcas

Life

Orca mothers forgo future offspring to care for their full-grown sons

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Health

Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to lower levels of some gut bacteria

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Midas Mound Gordion and landscape and cereal crop

Humans

A three-year drought may have brought down the ancient Hittite empire

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Visualisation of the dwarf planet Quaoar

Space

Dwarf planet Quaoar has a weirdly big ring of debris encircling it

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Google Bard introduction screen

Technology

Google Bard advert shows new AI search tool making a factual error

A promotion for Google's AI search tool Bard shows it making a factual error about the James Webb Space Telescope, heightening fears that these tools aren't ready to be integrated into search engines

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Chemistry

Loofah-inspired gel purifies contaminated water with warmth of the sun

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Society

Will the UK’s new science and tech department achieve anything?

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Technology

Ultrasound illusion could make buttons on a touchscreen feel real

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Environment

Wildfires burning in Chile are among the deadliest in country’s record

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