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An illustration of neurons

Health

Stimulating the vagus nerve may reduce symptoms of multiple sclerosis

An implanted device that stimulates the vagus nerve reduced symptoms of multiple sclerosis in rats as effectively as standard medications

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Yi Zhang with the optical computer

Technology

Light-based computer could outpace traditional electrical chip designs

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Two rhinos grazing

Life

Endangered white rhinos’ cells turned into sperm and egg stem cells

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A gold mine in Bolivar state in the south of Venezuela

Environment

Deforestation in Venezuela surges as gold miners ransack the Amazon

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Quantum tunnel

Physics

Why the laws of physics don’t actually exist

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The site of the proposed mine in Whitehaven, UK

Environment

What impact will planned new UK coal mine have on carbon emissions?

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August 2022 - Kyiv, Ukraine. Watching online speech of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on smartphone on wooden table background. News from front

Technology

Deepfake detector spots fake videos of Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy

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Dinosaur apocalypse

Life

Diversity helped mammals survive asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

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The robot and a scalpel

Technology

Self-healing robot recovers from being stabbed then walks off

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A dried lake bed at the San Luis Reservoir

Environment

Everything you need to know about the US megadrought

From individual water use to lessons from past civilisations, here's what our Parched Earth series revealed about the impact of the megadrought in south-western North America

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Earth

Marine sciences must cast off an imperial legacy of ocean exploitation

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Technology

Leaving Twitter? Here’s what other social media platforms offer

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Humans

The science of self-knowledge is important, even if it is a bit fuzzy

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Space

A weird gamma ray burst doesn’t fit our understanding of the cosmos

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