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Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover going down a ramp from the lander to reach the surface of the moon

Space

India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission starts exploring the moon’s south pole

After the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s historic landing on the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s rover has begun researching the composition of the surface and investigating water ice near the lunar south pole

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Environment

Sled dogs are making Svalbard greener with their poo

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Health

Our genes shape our education level more than our upbringing

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Technology

What is an ‘AI prompt engineer’ and does every company need one?

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A close-up of the sun showing solar wind emerging

Space

Solar wind that blasts from sun may be driven by tiny plasma flares

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TOPSHOT - This aerial view shows a deforested farm in Yanonge, 60 km from the town of Kisangani in Tshopo province, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on September 1, 2022. (Photo by Guerchom Ndebo / AFP) (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Carbon-offsetting schemes may not actually prevent deforestation

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Researchers Michelle Bebber holding an atlatl weapon

Humans

Women and men throw spears equally well using ancient atlatl tool

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Life

Emperor penguin colonies lost all their chicks due to ice breakup

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Space

Mysterious dark spot on Neptune seen from Earth for the first time

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Technology

ChatGPT gets better marks than students in some university courses

ChatGPT's responses to questions that were put to university students were as good as or better than the human answers in nine out of the 32 subjects tested

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Life

Extremely rare black penguin spotted in Antarctica

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Space

The gravitational waves that could shed light on the cosmic dark age

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Life

Bees may be able to tell if water contains sugar just by looking at it

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Health

Lockdowns and face masks really did help to control covid-19

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