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Little red dots seen by JWST might be a kind of black hole 'star'

Red specks in the early universe are puzzling astronomers, but a proposed explanation suggests they are the progenitors of supermassive black holes Source link

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Floating wood could help us refreeze the Arctic seas

Sea ice coverage in the Arctic has rapidly declined due to global warming Arterra Picture Library / Alamy Modified floating wood could seed the formation

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Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA vaccine technology

Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine uses mRNA technology Imago/Alamy This week, researchers in the US were told to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their

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The world’s climate is in uncharted territory, warns major report

Meltwater runs off the Bråsvellbreen Glacier in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images Unprecedented levels of ocean heat, ice melt and

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The surprising new idea behind what sparked life on Earth

Sparks between water droplets may have started life as we know it Shutterstock/Perry Correll The first molecules necessary for life on Earth could have been

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The 13 drugs and supplements that could slow brain ageing

Our actual age can differ from the age our brain appears to be Julien Tromeur / Alamy Seven genes have been linked to particularly fast

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Thousands join Stand Up for Science rallies across the US

Stand Up for Science rally in Washington Square Park in New York City on 7 March James Dinneen Thousands of people in cities across the

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Intuitive Machines: Athena lander reached the moon – but seems to have fallen over

The IM-2 mission in low lunar orbit Intuitive Machines Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander has made it to the moon, but it seems to have fallen

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US military wants to grow giant biological structures in space

DARPA envisions growing structures hundreds of metres long Science Photo Library / Alamy Stock Photo The US military is brainstorming ways to build large structures

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US scientists rebuild climate risk map deleted from government site

The FEMA map detailed how climate change could affect the risk of various hazards across the US Andrii Biletskyi/Alamy Researchers in the US are pushing