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Health

These small lifestyle tweaks can add a year to your life

A few extra minutes of sleep per day or an extra half-serving of vegetables with dinner can add a year to our lives, according to an analysis of data from 60,000 people

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Greenland shark

Life

Greenland sharks survive for centuries with diseased hearts

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Humans

Pompeii’s public baths were unhygienic until the Romans took over

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Formation of a ring around an extrasolar planet (artist's impression)

Technology

Quantum computers could help sharpen images of exoplanets

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Life

Is there an evolutionary reason for same-sex sexual behaviour?

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Technology

We’re about to simulate a human brain on a supercomputer

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Trees floating towards the Arctic Ocean

Environment

Sinking trees in Arctic Ocean could remove 1 billion tonnes of CO2

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The four crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission

Space

NASA is performing an unprecedented medical evacuation from the ISS

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Artist's impression of the gut lining

Health

Microbiome study hints that fibre could be linked to better sleep

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A protester holds a sign reading 'We are not for sale' in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland

Society

Why does the United States want to buy Greenland?

The ice-covered island may be strategically important, but it's unclear that it could be a commercially viable source of minerals and oil in the near future

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Technology

Quantum neural network may be able to cheat the uncertainty principle

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Health

Man whose gut made its own alcohol gets relief from faecal transplant

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Space

‘Knitted’ satellite launching to monitor Earth’s surface with radar

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Environment

Tree bark microbiome has important overlooked role in climate

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