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Illustration of Mars being bombarded with solar radiation

Space

Mars astronauts would get unsafe radiation doses even with shielding

Simulations show that a 1000-day mission to Mars would expose astronauts to radiation doses above 1 sievert, even with metal shielding

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A pregnant person receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against covid-19 in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania in February 2021

Health

Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy not linked to miscarriage or stillbirth

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An information label is seen on packaging for a CO2 cylinder for a fizzy drinks machine in Manchester, Britain, September 20, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble - RC2JTP9BULMB

Society

US CO2 shortage worsened by contaminated gas from an extinct volcano

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T806G0 LLNL, National Ignition Facility Preamplifiers, 2012

Physics

Ignition confirmed in a nuclear fusion experiment for the first time

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Unlike in other primates, the human voice box has lost small tissue structures called vocal membranes, which may have been involved in the evolution of speech

Humans

Losing parts of our voice box may have helped humans evolve to speak

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PMF97R Wings of the Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) from a dead specimen. Showing veins and transparent cells

Technology

Hovering robots could get more lift by ‘treading water’ in the air

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The cornea made from pig collagen

Health

Cornea made from pig collagen gives people who were blind 20/20 vision

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Skull and life reconstruction of Tyrannosaurus rex with original eye socket and eye (left) and hypothetical reconstruction with circular eye socket and enlarged eye (right).

Life

T. rex鈥檚 unusual eye sockets helped it evolve a powerful bite

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Prolonged concentration may cause a compound called glutamate to accumulate in our brain, leading to mental fatigue

Mind

Why thinking hard for several hours can leave you mentally exhausted

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People sitting on parched grass in Greenwich Park, London

Environment

With drought in England more frequent, how can it keep water flowing?

Climate change and a growing population mean England needs long-term solutions like new reservoirs and desalination plants, not just short-term fixes like hosepipe bans

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Health

Vegetarian women have 33 per cent higher risk of breaking a hip

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Environment

Half of Buenos Aires鈥檚 methane emissions may come from one landfill

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Environment

What Alaska’s record-breaking wildfires mean for the Arctic’s future

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Environment

Will Chile’s new constitution make it the first truly green state?

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