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Health

Why does the UK want to ban disposable vapes and when will it happen?

As part of a clampdown on under-18s using e-cigarettes, the UK government is planning to outlaw disposable vapes and a ban could come into force early next year

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Life

Newborn great white shark possibly seen in the wild for the first time

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Chemistry

Layer of graphene could help protect statues and paintings from damage

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Space

Japan’s SLIM moon lander regains power nine days after botched landing

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Physics

Heating and cooling seem to be fundamentally different, not opposites

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Life

Injured bees tend their own wounds, which suggests they feel pain

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Health

Patch with octopus-like suckers helps drugs penetrate the skin

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Environment

Plagues that shook the Roman Empire linked to cold, dry periods

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Technology

Watch a robot with living muscles walk through water

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Environment

Lab-engineered cow cells could slash the cost of cultured meat

Engineered cells that make the substances they need to grow could dramatically reduce the cost of cultivating lab-grown meat

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Chemistry

The chemist who told us to put salt in our tea explains why she did it

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Mind

Learning piano triggers complex changes to your brain’s activity

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Mind

Writing things down may help you remember information more than typing

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Space

Newly discovered smoking stars emit huge clouds and we don’t know why

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