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Five construction workers wearing yellow and orange vests and wide-brimmed helmets repair a roof, while one worker in the middle spreads hot tar on the roof's surface.

Environment

US government ramps up effort to put in place ‘too hot to work’ rules

US investigators have carried out an unprecedented number of heat-related workplace inspections this summer, while federal and state governments are adopting measures to protect workers from heat

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Life

Are these spiders dreaming? REM-like sleep exhibited in arachnids

Video
A tiny robot runs at 70 body lengths per second at its fastest. making it incredibly fast for its size. In comparison, a cheetah runs at about 20-something body lengths per second.

Technology

Tiny electromagnetic robot runs fast and re-forms after being squished

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Environment

Recycling dead trees could cut carbon emissions in US cities

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Perseid Meteor Shower and Startrails

Space

How to spot the 2022 Perseid meteor shower that will peak on Saturday

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Noah Berger/AP/Shutterstock (13057572c) Firetruck drives along California Highway 96 as the McKinney Fire burns in Klamath National Forest, Calif Western Wildfires, Klamath National Forest, United States - 30 Jul 2022

Environment

‘Dry lightning’ sparked the most destructive wildfires in California

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JE4DFK Raw meat fridge with steak, beef and pork in Sainsburys supermaket, East Sussex, UK

Environment

These are the UK supermarket items with the worst environmental impact

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Antibodies attacking SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that can cause covid-19

Health

Immunity for common cold coronaviruses may ward off severe covid-19

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A river runs around a damaged bridge

Environment

Climate change impacts are making most infectious diseases worse

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LED panel

Chemistry

Soap molecule could help make alternative LED tech commercially viable

LEDs made from perovskite, a titanium and calcium crystal, are a potential alternative to silicon-based ones, but until now haven't been able to match them for stability and efficiency

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Technology

Artificial neuron swaps dopamine with rat brain cells like a real one

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Technology

Russian shelling at Ukrainian nuclear plant risks ‘another Chernobyl’

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Health

Exceeding weekly alcohol recommendations linked to short chromosomes

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Environment

10 finance firms effectively own half of all future carbon emissions

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