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Earth

Shackleton knew his doomed ship wasn鈥檛 the strongest before sailing

Endurance, the wooden ship that Ernest Shackleton took to Antarctica in 1915, wasn't built to withstand frozen seas 鈥� and the famous explorer knew it

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Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are announced as the winners of the 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine by committee secretary general Thomas Perlmann

Health

Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio for work on immune tolerance

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Life

Would a ban on genetic engineering of wildlife hamper conservation?

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Mind

Your happiness in life may not be U-shaped – here’s how it could vary

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Space

There is an odd streak in the universe 鈥� and we still don鈥檛 know why

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Space

Exceptional star is the most pristine object known in the universe

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Life

20 bird species can understand each other鈥檚 anti-cuckoo call

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Mind

Kids as young as 4 innately use sorting algorithms to solve problems

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2AGP4K2 FBI Laboratory analysis of Castor Beans used to manufacture the highly poisonous agent Ricin. Ricin (/'ra?s?n/ RY-sin), a lectin (a carbohydrate-binding protein) produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, is a highly potent toxin. A dose of purified ricin powder the size of a few grains of table salt can kill an adult human. The median lethal dose (LD50) of ricin is around 22 micrograms per kilogram of body weight if the exposure is from injection or inhalation (2 milligrams for an average adult).

Technology

Should we worry AI will create deadly bioweapons? Not yet, but one day

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Environment

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

杏吧原创s are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica 鈥� and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

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Space

Rogue planet gains 6 billion tonnes per second in record growth spurt

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Life

How Jane Goodall changed the way we see animals 鈥� and the world

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Mind

How playing a musical instrument helps children learn to read

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Environment

Jane Goodall, dogged advocate for the natural world, has died aged 91

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