SCIENCE

SpaceX launches Starship on successful test flight

SpaceX on Thursday pulled off its second consecutive successful test flight of its Starship megarocket. The launch hints at sustained…

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Mesmerizing NASA time-lapse reveals Mars’s craters, polar ice caps and deserts

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its way to a metal-rich asteroid beyond Mars—and it’s enjoying the scenic route.In a flyby…

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Accidental mix-ups of sounds reveal how the brain produces speech

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.“You have hissed the…

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Scientists discover a ‘remarkable’ new monkey species with orange lips and a froglike roar

A “remarkable” African monkey with a distinct orange patch around its mouth and a deep, croaky roar, found in the…

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Deadly meat allergies from tick bites are on the rise. Should you be worried?

Tick season is booming, and with it come fears over a potentially deadly tick-borne allergy to meat.Discovered just under 20…

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Injection halves risk of chromosome error common in older human eggs

Cells with a signal indicating the presence of too many chromosomesDEPT. OF CLINICAL CYTOGENETICS, ADDENBROOKES HOSPITAL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Human eggs…

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Evocative photos of Canadian Arctic win New Scientist Editors Award

A hunter in Tuktoyaktuk in Canada’s Northwest Territories uses decoy geese to lure birdsNatalya Saprunova The realities of a changing…

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A volcano has erupted remnants of Earth’s primordial magma ocean

Submarine reliefs produced by a survey off the coast of Mayotte in 2019, showing the new underwater volcano Fani MaoréCampagne…

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I’m the first person whose life was saved by CRISPR base editing

Alyssa Tapley received life-saving CRISPR treatmentAlyssa Tapley When the bone marrow transplant failed to treat my leukaemia, it was like:…

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Ancient human DNA found on cave art for the first time

A sample is collected from a rock art figure in Tebellín, SpainABAMIA ARKEOS-ALBERTO MARTÍNEZ VILLA Ancient human DNA can survive…

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