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Distant space rock known as Ultima Thule renamed to avoid Nazi links

The space rock that the New Horizons probe visited earlier this year had been nicknamed Ultima Thule, but it was pointed out this name has links to the Nazis

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Experimental dengue vaccine cuts infection rates in real-world trials

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Massive solar panels in Chilean desert point to our renewable future

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Perseid meteor shower

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Perseid meteor shower

Sunflowers in a field

Technology

Tiny artificial sunflowers could be used to harvest solar energy

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Voyager 1 and 2 outside the solar system

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Voyager 2 sent back its first detailed data from interstellar space

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The MMR vaccine protects against measles

Health

Measles has a devastating and long-term effect on your immune system

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SPHERE image of Hygiea

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Surprisingly round asteroid may actually be the smallest dwarf planet

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The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

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The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

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Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours

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Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours

We’ve long known that viruses can target cancers in our bodies. Now, thanks to gene editing, we’re using them as tumour search and destroy agents – and getting our immune systems to join the fight too

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Renewables overtook fossil fuels in UK electricity mix for first time

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Maggie Aderin-Pocock on space travel and humanity's future

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We may have spotted an interstellar comet flying towards Earth

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Sticky nets of DNA from immune cells may be to blame for gallstones

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