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Humans

Easter Island’s legendary societal collapse didn’t actually happen

Historians have claimed the people of Easter Island overexploited natural resources, causing a population crash, but new evidence suggests they lived sustainably for centuries

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Humans

World’s oldest wine found in 2000-year-old Roman tomb

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Environment

Electricity prices in Europe are going negative – and that’s bad

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Environment

Cloud geoengineering could push heatwaves from US to Europe

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Martha Wells and 91av news editor, Sophie Bushwick
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Martha Wells: I didn’t know how non-neurotypical I was until Murderbot

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The Serpens Nebula

Space

Stunning JWST image proves we were right about how young stars form

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Life

Sick chimpanzees seek out range of plants with medicinal properties

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Los Angeles courthouse viewed through a blooming Jacaranda tree

Environment

Overheated trees are contributing to urban air pollution

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Technology

Microphone made of atom-thick graphene could be used in smartphones

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Life

Watch leeches jump by coiling their bodies like cobras

Researchers have confirmed a centuries-old rumour that leeches can jump, which they may do to land their next blood meal

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Life

Triceratops relative had the weirdest horns ever seen on a dinosaur

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Health

Walking helps keep people free of lower back pain for longer

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Space

Saturn’s moon Titan is experiencing coastal erosion from methane seas

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Life

Could we merge biologically with the fungal network and live forever?

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