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Earth

Almost the whole of Japan moved eastward after 2011 earthquake

An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, causing almost the whole of Japan to move 5 millimetres to the east

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Environment

Why El Niño’s impacts on the UK are hard to predict

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Life

Complex life on Earth may last 500 million years longer than expected

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Humans

Ancient monument marked summer solstice centuries before Stonehenge

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Health

Cervical cancer deaths have plummeted thanks to HPV vaccine

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Health

Chilling the body with drugs could limit brain damage from stroke

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The LHC at CERN
Physics

At CERN’s Antimatter Factory, scientists probe the mysteries of matter

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Humans

Oldest known plague outbreak killed hunter-gatherer children

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Life

Pigeons lock their eyes in place when they are flying

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Mind

Autism and ADHD are on the rise due to widening diagnostic criteria

A study of 140,000 people suggests that a broadening of the diagnostic criteria for autism and ADHD explains the sharp rise in diagnoses, but that doesn't mean too many people are being told they are autistic or have ADHD

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Life

Walking shark found in Papua New Guinea is new to science

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Mind

Autism may have two distinct subtypes that vary by brain activity

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Environment

Arctic Ocean reaches tipping point that could be dire for marine life

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Health

Sperm have been made magnetic to allow IVF inside the body

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