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Copper wire

Technology

Ordinary copper telephone wire could carry gigabit broadband speeds

Many homes in the UK rely on repurposed phone lines for internet access, leading to slow download speeds, but there may be a solution

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The Murchison meteorite

Earth

All four of the key DNA building blocks have been found in meteorites

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Phyllotis vaccarum

Life

Volcano-dwelling mice confirmed as world鈥檚 highest-living mammals

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Elon Musk's Twitter account

Technology

Elon Musk buying Twitter has set him up for a scuffle with the EU

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Wheat farmer

Environment

Severe Indian heatwave will bake a billion people and damage crops

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Microplastic fiber under a microscope with biofilm (fuzzy blue) and T. gondii (blue dot) and giardia (green dot) pathogens

Environment

Microplastics may be dragging faecal parasites from land into the seas

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Coal-fired power station

Environment

China is building more than half of the world’s new coal power plants

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KD738R Elderly overweight man

Health

People over 80 with 鈥榦verweight鈥� BMI may have lower mortality rates

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A stock image of an insect burger

Environment

Insects and lab-grown meat could cut food emissions by 80 per cent

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Life

Watch male orb-weaving spiders catapult off females to escape death

For the first time, spiders have been observed escaping sexual cannibalism by flinging themselves away from females, reaching speeds of up to 88.2 centimetres per second

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Environment

Rock dust can meet half of the UK’s net-zero carbon removal target

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Life

Bloodworms have copper jaws that could inspire self-building materials

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Life

Spider avoids being eaten after sex by launching itself away at 88cm/s

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Health

A third of people aged over 70 are sexually active, survey reveals

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