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The god Anubis and a mummy

Humans

Ancient Egyptian mummy of a young girl is first with a bandaged wound

The ancient Egyptians were adept at bandaging dead bodies during the mummification process, but we have had no evidence of the way they dressed flesh wounds until now 聽

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Float carrying sensors

Technology

Outsider wins DARPA challenge to predict where floats drift at sea

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A person drops solution onto a lateral flow test for covid-19

Health

Covid-19 testing in the time of omicron: Everything you need to know

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James Webb Space Telescope

Space

James Webb Space Telescope has finished unfolding its massive mirror

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Palaeontologists working on the Ichthyosaur

Life

UK鈥檚 largest ichthyosaur fossil was a 10-metre-long apex predator

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Image of a mygalomorph spider

Life

Spider fossil sheds light on Australia鈥檚 ancient rainforest ecosystem

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Beth Singler
Technology

Beth Singler: Don’t fear AI itself, but corporations using algorithms

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Aerial view of the Pantanal wetlands, in Mato Grosso state, Brazil on March 8, 2018. - The Pantanal is the largest wetland on the planet located in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, covers more than 170,500 km2 and is home to more than 4,000 species of plants and animals. This ecosystem is at risk of collapsing if the rivers' headwaters are not protected from the advance of monoculture plantations, waterways, hydroelectric plants and deforestation warn scientists and activists. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Eugenia LOGIURATTO (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Record levels of greenhouse gas methane are a 鈥榝ire alarm moment鈥�

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Angustopila psammion

Life

World’s smallest land snail could fit inside a grain of sand

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2021/11/26: Protesters march with a Fuel Poverty Action banner during the demonstration in Parliament Square. Protesters gathered outside the Houses of Parliament and marched to Downing Street to deliver a letter to Boris Johnson, demanding action on excess winter deaths. Tens of thousands of people, particularly the oldest and poorest, die each year due to cold homes and the inability to afford heating. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Environment

Energy crisis: What can the UK government do to help cut fuel bills?

The UK government is talking to the energy industry to find ways to mitigate a huge rise in energy bills that is set to hit consumers in April

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Technology

Kazakhstan unrest takes down a fifth of global bitcoin mining network

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Environment

Fix the Planet newsletter: 11 climate solutions to watch in 2022

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Earth

Plumes of rock that feed volcanic hotspots are surprisingly cold

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Health

mRNA vaccine technology has helped repair broken hearts in mice

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