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Technology

DNA cassette tape can store every song ever recorded

By combining the information storage capabilities of DNA with a design inspired by a cassette tape, researchers have created a storage medium that can hold 36 petabytes of data

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Health

Antibody cocktail could work as a universal flu treatment

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Composite photo shows the moon moving (from L to R) during a total lunar eclipse above Tokyo in the early hours of Sept. 8, 2025. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

Space

Blood moon lunar eclipse wows the world

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Central market in Acanceh, Yucatan state, Mexico

Humans

We evolved to match local micronutrient levels, which may be a problem

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Space

Gravitational waves finally prove Stephen Hawking’s black hole theorem

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Space

NASA hasn’t found life on Mars yet 鈥� but signs are promising

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Health

Tiny structure in the brain could be driving how much you eat

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Space

Asteroid Ryugu once had liquid water flowing through it

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New weight-loss drugs: what comes next?

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iridescent mammal

Life

Iridescent mammals are much more common than we thought

It has long been claimed that only one mammal 鈥� the golden mole 鈥� has fur that shimmers with rainbow colours, but it now turns out that at least a dozen more mammals have iridescent fur too

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Life

鈥楪reat Migration鈥� involves far fewer wildebeest than we had thought

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Humans

How cosmic events may have influenced hominin evolution

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Environment

Geoengineering is not going to save the poles from climate change

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Health

Resistance training may strengthen your gut microbiome

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