SCIENCE

Cord blood banking is not living up to its promise

Banking a baby’s umbilical cord blood was once seen as a reasonable way to protect their future health, but much…

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Trump’s Golden Dome defence project could spur a space arms race

US President Donald Trump (left), accompanied by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (right), announces the Golden Dome missile defense…

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Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of the deep-sea floor

Alicella gigantea, the world’s largest amphipod, may be more common than we had thoughtMaroni et al./Royal Society Open Science A…

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US east coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows

The AMOC is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic OceanNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization…

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China’s CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?

A floating solar farm in Huainan City, China is part of the country’s renewable power build-outImago / Alamy China, the…

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Does intermittent fasting improve gut health? Why it’s hard to say

How does intermittent fasting change the gut microbiome?Oliver Leedham/Alamy Stock Photo There is evidence that intermittent fasting alters the gut…

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Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don’t know where

A model of Kosmos 482, which was originally set to go to VenusWikimedia Commons More than 50 years after its…

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Shingles vaccine linked with lower risk of many common heart problems

A shingles vaccine seems to provide additional benefitsCavan Images / Alamy Vaccination against herpes zoster, better known as shingles, not…

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Disastrous back-to-back heatwaves and droughts surge across Eurasia

Drought conditions can have devastating impacts on Eurasian regions like Karapinar in TurkeyYASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images Over the past…

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Deepfake makers can now evade an unusual detection method

Some deepfake videos present a convincing pulseAlamy Stock Photo Deepfake videos that feature digital manipulations of people’s facial expressions and…

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