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How London Metropolitan University is tackling health inequalities

Part of the ITN Business programme ‘Nutrition for Life’, made in partnership with the British Nutrition Foundation.

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Space

Vulcan launch: Why is NASA going back to the moon?

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Space

The first Vulcan rocket launch will carry a private lander to the moon

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Technology

Robot with sense of touch grabs ocean trash without harming sea life

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Technology

AI sheds light on the ancient origins of England’s place names

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Martin Rees - Astronomer Royal

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‘This century is special’: Martin Rees on the vast span of time

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Mind

Psychedelic drug helps treat PTSD and traumatic brain injuries

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Mathematics

What the mathematics of knots reveals about the shape of the universe

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Space

Neptune isn’t as blue as we thought it was

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As it sped away from Venus, NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this seemingly peaceful view of a planet the size of Earth, wrapped in a dense, global cloud layer. But, contrary to its serene appearance, the clouded globe of Venus is a world of intense heat, crushing atmospheric pressure and clouds of corrosive acid.

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A renegade moon may have flipped Venus’s spin

Venus spins in the opposite direction to the other planets, which may have been caused by an ancient moon that orbited the planet backwards and then fell to the surface

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Chemistry

Notoriously complex material called ‘plumber’s nightmare’ created

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Physics

First working graphene semiconductor could lead to faster computers

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Life

Sharp decline of African birds of prey puts them at risk of extinction

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Health

Zapping the brain with electricity makes us easier to hypnotise

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