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Health

Tattooing may trigger localised damage to the immune system

There is relatively little information on the long-term health effects of tattooing, but a couple of recent studies suggest the art form might trigger prolonged inflammation

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Moon Crossing Face of Earth

Space

Forming moon may have taken three big impacts early in Earth’s history

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Cold-water swimming has benefits for the brain as well as the body

Mind

Cold-water swimming has benefits for the brain as well as the body

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artwork of a section of the Kuiper Belt

Space

We’ve found an unexpected structure in the solar system’s Kuiper belt

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Women have supercharged immune systems and we now know why

Health

Women have supercharged immune systems and we now know why

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Environment

Australia is getting free electricity - will other countries follow?

Analysis

Environment

Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think

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Space

A distant comet is forming new rings while we watch in real time

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Why everything you thought you knew about your immune system is wrong

Health

Why everything you thought you knew about your immune system is wrong

Features

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

The 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries around how we keep our immune system under control

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Environment

What made solar power the most desirable energy source on the planet?

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Health

Why caring for your microbiome is crucial if you want to live to 100

Features

Health

Good immune health may come at the expense of chronic inflammation

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Chemistry

Sun-powered device extracts lithium without wrecking the environment

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