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The leaves and flowers of catnip

Life

We can now bioengineer catnip instead of extracting it from plants

Catnip contains a chemical that makes a highly effective insect repellent, but extracting it from plants is expensive. Now it can be produced using genetically engineered yeast

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Person massages another person's arm

Health

Stroke rehab should be offered for months longer than it currently is

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Woman and child wearing colorful pair of woolly socks warming cold feet in front of heating radiator in winter time. Electric or gas heater at home. Part of body, selective focus.

Environment

Blame fossil fuels, not renewables, for the UK’s winter energy crisis

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Protoplanetary disc

Space

Maps of planetary nurseries will help the complex hunt for alien life

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quantum computer

Technology

Quantum computer helps to design a better quantum computer

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Acoustic Levitation
Technology

Watch sonic tractor beams lift and manipulate objects with sound waves

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Artist?s impression of the BepiColombo spacecraft at Mercury. The mission comprises ESA?s Mercury Planetary Orbiter (foreground) and JAXA?s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (background). The image of Mercury was taken by NASA?s Messenger spacecraft.

Space

The BepiColombo spacecraft is about to make its first Mercury fly-by

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Young woman smelling food

Health

Woman who first gained sense of smell at age 24 finds it disturbing

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View of planet Uranus from spac

Space

Mushballs inside Uranus and Neptune may solve an atmospheric mystery

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Coal power plant

Environment

UN says global carbon emissions set to rise 16 per cent by 2030

A UN analysis of countries' latest plans to cut carbon emissions shows they will actually rise 16 per cent on 2010 levels by 2030, leaving only a small window to limit global warming to 1.5掳C

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Life

Watch cuttlefish migrate together in a defensive line with a lookout

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Space

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021

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Technology

City-wide quantum data network in China is the largest ever built

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Technology

Smart reporting tool could combat fake news on encrypted chat apps

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