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Technology

Why has El Salvador officially adopted bitcoin as its currency?

El Salvador is the first country to adopt the cryptocurrency bitcoin as legal tender, but other nations may follow suit

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A graphic of an email

Technology

Almost no one encrypts their emails because it is too much of a hassle

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Close-up of an eye with a blue iris

Technology

AI can detect a deepfake face because its pupils have jagged edges

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A grenadier fish swimming along the sea floor near an anemone

Life

A glimpse at Greenland’s deep-sea ecosystems threatened by fishing

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Eosimias

Life

Tooth decay has been a problem for primates for 54 million years

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Artist's impression of a black hole in space

Space

Black holes just got much more complicated thanks to quantum pressure

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Illustration of antibodies responding to an infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus

Health

Blood test could reveal who is most likely to get severe covid-19

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Chinese Scorpion (Buthus martensii)

Life

Scorpions develop a sting in the tail before they are ready to use it

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2CRH8C5 Computer code is seen on a screen above a Chinese flag in this July 12, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration

Technology

Will China’s algorithm crackdown serve its citizens or the state?

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mRNA bound to RNA binding protein

Health

mRNA cancer therapy now in human trials after shrinking mouse tumours

An mRNA cancer treatment developed by BioNTech and Sanofi is being tested in people after shrinking tumours in mice, and is hoped to repeat the success of mRNA covid-19 vaccines

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Health

No, there’s nothing wrong with seedless fruits

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Environment

The toxic error at the heart of efforts to curb heavy metal pollution

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Health

Recommended daily health targets can save us from ourselves

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Health

Warning over coronavirus measures in England’s schools

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