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News

Space

NASA buys blow-up habitat for space station astronauts

US space agency's $17.8 million deal with Bigelow Aerospace fulfils a dream from the 1950s for lightweight, inflatable capsules for tourism and research

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Health

Life expectancy lower in US than other rich countries

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Beijing skylines yields dramatic view of choking city

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Earth

Nations are taking action on climate change

News

60 Seconds

News

White House uses Death Star request to plug science

News

Earth

Japan to build world’s largest offshore wind farm

News

Health

Is the US facing Flu-mageddon?

News

Low-power laser may keep blindness at bay

News

Earth

Drought, fire, ice: world is gripped by extreme weather

News

Earth

Australian inferno previews fire-prone future

News

Space

Largest structure challenges Einstein’s smooth cosmos

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Physics

Most fundamental clock ever could redefine kilogram

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Space

Hints of new dark force seen in galactic smash-ups

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Environment

Why trees can’t grow taller than 100 metres

News

Health

Straitjacket drug halts herpes virus’s escape stunt

News

Space

Astrophile: Zombie stars feed on Earth-like exoplanets

News

Space

Ghostly galaxies burned off mysterious cosmic fog

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Environment

Social antics in ants inherited like sex chromosomes

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Humans

Why musical genius comes easier to early starters

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Life

Zoologger: Mouse eats scorpions and howls at the moon

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Physics

Muscle mimic pulls electricity from wet surface

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Environment

Wind turbines supercharged with superconductors

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Technology

Blinded by sun? Let your steering wheel guide you

News

Technology

How to make a skyscraper disappear

News

Earth

Mussels with backpacks monitor Mississippi’s health

News

Environment

Turn up the bass to scare birds away from planes

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