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Technology

Pasta-shaped robot navigates mazes and rough terrain

Pasta-shaped robot can roll over a range of surfaces and escape simple mazes by harvesting heat energy and turning it into motion

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Life

Salamanders in a wind tunnel float in a skydiver position

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Man inside Tesco

Society

No UK supermarket is willing to say it will stock gene-edited food

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UK visa for top talent excludes graduates of African universities

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Monkeypox virus particles taken from a human skin sample, captured via a coloured transmission electron micrograph

Health

Monkeypox cases are continuing to rise around the world

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Environment

Farmers in England will bury burnt wood in fields to capture CO2

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Monk Seal, Monachus monachus, Alonissos Island, GreeceMonk seal, Monachus monachus, which enters and swims in the sea. Endangered species. Alonissos Island, Sporades Islands, Greece (Photo by Cristian Umili/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

Life

Ancient Romans may have triggered decline of the world鈥檚 rarest seals

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Cannabis farm

Health

Legalised cannabis in Canada and US hasn鈥檛 killed illegal market

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Technology

Pasta-shaped robot with no moving parts can navigate through mazes

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Health

Living with a dog during childhood may reduce risk of Crohn鈥檚 disease

Researchers tracked more than 4000 people at risk of developing Crohn鈥檚 disease and found that those who lived with a dog between the ages of 5 and 15 were 40 per cent less likely to develop the disease

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Life

Flocks of jackdaws ‘democratically’ decide when to take flight at once

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Life

Watch salamanders ‘skydive’ in a miniature wind tunnel

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Environment

Gene-edited tomato offers new plant-based source of vitamin D

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Environment

Global food crisis is leaving millions hungry, but there are solutions

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