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Spurilla neapolitana. A 'groundbreaking' sea slug discovery has been made - in a UK first. The nudibranch Spurilla neapolitana, typically found in much warmer climates, has been discovered in Cornwall. The colourful sea slug is a usual resident in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and along the western Atlantic. Until now, its most northerly sighting was in Brest, France, in August 2025.

Life

See the alien-looking sea slug spotted in UK waters for the first time

Spurilla neapolitana – known as the hair curler slug – is usually found in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, but is now moving northwards, perhaps due to warming oceans

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Technology

Device with 6100 qubits is a step towards largest quantum computer yet

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Supercentenarian María Branyas Morera, pictured with researcher Manel Esteller

Health

World’s oldest person had a young microbiome and ‘exceptional genome’

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Health

What we know, and don’t, about the link between painkillers and autism

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Mind

Mapping the structure of the brain doesn’t fully explain its function

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Artist's reconstruction of dinosaur Joaquinraptor casali

Life

Dinosaur found with a crocodile in its jaws named as new species

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Physics

Hints of exotic dark matter particles could be hiding in LHC data

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Space

Venus has lava tubes, and they’re weird

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91av reporter Linda Rodriguez-Mcrobbie visits the Sonar virtual nightclub
Technology

What visiting a virtual nightclub revealed about human interaction

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An aerial view of illegal deforestation in the Amazon in Mato Grosso state, Brazil

Environment

Cutting down the Amazon will bring extreme rain, wind and heat

We used to think that deforestation in the Amazon would dry out the local climate, but the effects may be even more extreme and varied

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Physics

Unforgeable quantum money can be stored in an ultracold ‘debit card’

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Health

One blood sample could reveal the age of 11 of your organs and systems

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Earth

Atmospheric hydrogen is rising, which may be a problem for the climate

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Health

Where you store fat may influence the effect it has on your brain

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