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Plant-killing genetic technology could wipe out superweeds

A ‘gene drive’ that spreads through plant populations could be used to wipe out pests such as superweeds, or to help save species by making them resistant to heat or disease

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Space

Sleeping black hole is way more massive than it should be

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Life

City moths may have evolved smaller wings due to light pollution

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Life

Giant sequoia trees are growing surprisingly quickly in the UK

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Technology

US government wants to tax bitcoin to reduce its environmental impact

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Environment

Storm-proofing 1% of power lines protects entire grid from blackouts

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Life

Plants send out ‘distress calls’ – but can other plants hear them?

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Space

How to see the incredible comet 12P/Pons-Brooks tonight

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Ben Rogers surfs a tidal bore on the River Severn
Environment

Surfing the Severn bore: A battle against Britain’s polluted rivers

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Solar Eclipse and elephants

Life

The surprising ways animals react to a total solar eclipse

When the moon hides the sun in a total solar eclipse, some animals seem to think that it is briefly nighttime, while others pace anxiously or even gaze up at the sky

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Space

Mars’s gravitational pull may be strong enough to stir Earth’s oceans

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Technology

Could an AI replace all music ever recorded with Taylor Swift covers?

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Space

The moons of Mars may have been formed in an icy planetary collision

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Environment

There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarctic sea ice

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