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Health

Urine tests detect high-risk HPV as effectively as DIY vaginal swabs

Several countries now offer at-home vaginal swabs to detect HPV status in place of traditional cervical cancer screening, but urine tests seem to work just as well

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Health

The foundations of eczema may start to be laid down in the womb

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Life

Ancient crocodile relative could have ripped dinosaurs apart

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Mind

We’re no longer at our unhappiest during middle age

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TOPSHOT - Divers watch as a crane pulls an artifact from the waters at Abu Qir bay in Alexandria on August 21, 2025, as part of an event organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to recover sunken antiquities. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Humans

Treasures from sunken Egyptian city of Canopus emerge from the sea

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Life

Glow-in-the-dark plants to replace streetlights? Forget it

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Life

Armoured dinosaur’s ‘crazy’ spikes weren’t just for defence

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Technology

Light-based AI image generator uses almost no power

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Space

SpaceX’s Starship rocket finally completes successful test flight

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Space

CPR in space could be made easier by chest compression machines

Performing CPR on a space station in microgravity involves doing a handstand on a person's chest and pushing against the walls with your legs – but now researchers say there is a better way

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Life

Thylacine’s genome provides clues about why it went extinct

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Life

Long-lost sailback shark rediscovered after more than 50 years

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Space

JWST gets a closer look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

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Environment

Is Africa about to see the solar energy boom it needs?

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