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Blood test could predict the severity of depression in adolescents

Researchers have found nine markers in blood that are associated with adolescents experiencing more severe symptoms of depression months later

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Technology

Flexible needle goes soft after injections for safety and comfort

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man smoking medical marijuana

Mind

Cannabis can harm young brains but may improve learning in older age

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Technology

Game-playing DeepMind AI can beat top humans at chess, Go and poker

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Wonthaggi bird tracks affected by modern erosion and marine organisms at Footprint Flats locality.

Life

Fossil footprints are the oldest traces of birds in Australia

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BFERM2 Bulldozer Spread Coal Mine Waste on Impoundment Dam

Environment

Could coal mining waste provide crucial elements for green tech?

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Earth

Ice might be ubiquitous, but we are still discovering things about it

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RGAJ63 Caveman painting in a cave

Humans

How archaeologists can decide if prehistoric artefacts count as art

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The international space station

Physics

Ultracold atoms in space will let us stress test Einstein’s relativity

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Artist's impression of WASP-107b and its parent star

Space

Fluffy exoplanet blasted by its sun has clouds that rain sand

The James Webb Space Telescope has let us peer into the atmosphere of gas giant planet WASP-107b, and it has clouds made of sand and an atmosphere of sulphur dioxide and water vapour

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Health

The brain’s waste disposal system can prevent swelling after an injury

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Technology

3D-printed robotic hand has working tendons and muscles

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Earth

Iceland volcano: Current cycle of eruptions could last for decades

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Technology

Inflatable exoskeleton could build strength in injured wrists

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