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Environment

Fig trees may benefit climate by turning carbon dioxide into stone

Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ensuring that the carbon is kept out of the air for longer

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Environment

Ancient mass extinction shows how Earth turned into a super-greenhouse

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Technology

Cyberattacks could exploit home solar panels to disrupt power grids

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Chemistry

We finally understand why quasicrystals can exist

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Technology

Quantum-enhanced supercomputers are starting to do chemistry

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Space

Meteorite causes rethink of how and when our solar system formed

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Environment

Carbon-offset schemes aren’t prepared for forests to burn

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Health

Energy drinks could cause less dental damage with a simple addition

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Health

3D printing could enable a long-term treatment for type 1 diabetes

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Technology

Quantum computers are surprisingly random – but that’s a good thing

While randomising a deck of cards gets more difficult as you add more cards, it turns out that the same isn't true for the qubits of quantum computers, which may prove surprisingly useful

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Mind

Do we grow new brain cells as adults? The answer seems to be yes

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Health

How vaccine recommendations have changed in the US

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Health

Weird ‘harmless’ microbes may play a pivotal role in colorectal cancer

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Humans

Prehistoric Spanish people transported 2-tonne stone by boat

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