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Physical Sciences

Universe's excessive expansion speed hints at dark physics

Space

Pluto's icy heart churns like a lava lamp
Earth Sciences

Core conundrum: how old is Earth's magnetic field?
Technology

Sky nets: the new anti-drone defence system
Life Sciences

Why mice freeze or flee in the face of fear
Space

Rubber duck comets 'decapitate' and reconnect

Space

Asteroids, not comets, delivered most water to the Moon
Space

Juno enters Jupiter's gravitational clutches
Life Sciences

Flesh-eating disease sweeps war-ravaged Syria
Life Sciences

Killer whales colonised the oceans in 200,000 years
Technology

How do fingerprint scanners work?
Earth Sciences

Watch: lightning strikes in super slow motion

Space

NASA releases most detailed close-up of Pluto yet
Mathematics

Computer cracks 200-terabyte maths proof
Life Sciences

Algal 'dirty blizzard' helped scrub Deepwater Horizon fallout
Life Sciences

Vibrating hairs help bees 'see' electric fields
Life Sciences

Ancient crops tell Madagascar's history of colonisation
Technology

Inflatable room blown up on space station

Space

Rosetta finds ingredients for life in Comet 67P's halo
Mathematics

Maths mystery solved after 40 years
Physical Sciences

Resistance is futile: the super science of superconductivity
Space

50 years after Surveyor 1, what's in store for the Moon?
Life Sciences

How Zika virus infiltrates the placenta
Life Sciences

New silver snake species a 'rare, exciting' find

Space

Monster black holes may be behemoths from birth
Life Sciences

Superbug resistant to last resort antibiotic
Life Sciences

Harbour porpoise catches 90% of fish it hunts
Earth Sciences

Did a climate fluctuation save Europe from the Mongol hordes?
Life Sciences

New evidence supports asteroid theory of dinosaur extinction
Space

Colourful Mars, weightwatching meerkats and an ice-scoured Caspian Sea

Space

Hot winds from supermassive black holes stunt star growth
Technology

Groovy light-absorbing films could boost night vision
Technology

Germans claim new data Wi-Fi transmission record
Life Sciences

Sea life infiltrates Antarctica – with a little help from kelp
Space

Icy moons cracked by short sharp tidal tugs: study

Life Sciences

Transgender female athletes 'enjoy no advantage'
Earth Sciences

Tsunami warning system turns back time
Space

'Fresh' craters spotted on the Moon's bottom
Life Sciences

Octopus, squid and cuttlefish numbers booming
Technology

Light fixes defects in perovskite solar cells
Technology

How does a LifeStraw work?

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