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World’s oldest cold virus found in 18th-century woman's lungs

Finding rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, in preserved medical specimens and analysing their RNA genome could let us trace the evolution of human illness

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Huge hot blobs inside Earth may have made its magnetic field wonky

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Lymphatic-like structures within the brain of a healthy person

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Accidental discovery hints at mystery structures within our brain

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Illustration of CAR T-cell therapy (green) attacking a cancer cell (pink)

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CAR T-cell therapy may slow neurodegenerative conditions like ALS

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Chemistry

RNA strand that can almost self-replicate may be key to life's origins

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Space

Weird inside-out planet system may have formed one world at a time

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Health

Endurance brain cells may determine how long you can run for

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Illustration of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing complex (pink and purple) bound to DNA (helix)

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Gene editing that spreads within the body could cure more diseases

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Technology

Royal Navy returns to wind power with trial of robotic sailboats

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Earth

Nepal and Northern India are not overdue for a huge earthquake

Many researchers thought that earthquakes in the Himalayas recur at regular intervals – but an analysis of sediment cores has shown they are largely random, and the region has seen far more than we previously realised

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Humans

Ancient Peruvian civilisation grew mighty by harvesting guano

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Space

See beautiful comet as it nears its closest approach to Earth

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Humans

The surprising origins of Britain's Bronze Age immigrants revealed

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Health

First ever inhalable gene therapy for cancer gets fast-tracked by FDA

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