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Artist's impression (not to scale) illustrates the path of the fast radio burst FRB 20220610A

Space

Mysterious radio burst came from group of galaxies in distant universe

The Hubble Space Telescope has pinpointed the origin of the most distant known fast radio burst, which hit our planet in 2022

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Fire Ants Floating in Flood Water

Life

Fire ants form rafts that have weird properties when stretched

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Life

6 exquisite images from Close-up Photographer of the Year

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Technology

AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium

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A black hole in space

Space

‘Islands’ poking out of black holes may solve the information paradox

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Space

Why moon missions in 2024 could reveal both our history and our future

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Environment

2023 was officially the hottest year on record

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Space

Star cluster is heading for destruction at the heart of the Milky Way

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Falling diamonds on black background

Space

It might rain diamonds on more than 1900 exoplanets across the galaxy

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Space

The Peregrine lunar lander may not make it to the moon

After its 8 January launch aboard a Vulcan rocket, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander has experienced a fuel leak that may leave it without enough propellant to land on the moon

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Environment

Extreme droughts are worse for plants than we thought

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Health

There can be 240,000 plastic particles in a litre bottle of water

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Environment

Animal bones ground into an edible paste could help reduce food waste

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Technology

Should nations try to ban bitcoin because of its environmental impact?

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