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Millions of hairy tarantula skins could be used to mop up oil spills
The dense, bristly hairs on the skins shed by tarantulas when they moult are naturally efficient sponges and could be used to soak up ocean oil spills
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Electrified artificial skin can feel exactly where it is touched
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Earth
Living ‘concrete’ made from bacteria used to create replicating bricks
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Space
Welcome to Lunarville: Building a permanent settlement on the moon
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Rocket man: How I became a jet suit pilot
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Physics
Blasting lead with 160 lasers makes it incredibly strong, then explode
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Steel and concrete are climate change’s hard problem. Can we solve it?
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Environment
Tackling emissions from heavy industry is key to fixing climate change
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Here’s how we can stop a mountain of electric car batteries piling up
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Health
A hat that zaps the scalp with electricity helps reverse male balding
A scientist has designed an electric skin patch that stimulated fur growth in hairless mice and reversed his dad鈥檚 balding, and has now been made into a hat
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Generator that runs on heat escaping to the sky can charge phones
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Space
Terraforming Mars with strange silica blanket could let plants thrive
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Environment
Packaging-free shops may tackle plastic but risk increasing food waste
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A solar panel that unfolds in sunlight could power spacecraft
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