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Wormholes could magnify light by a factor of 100,000

Wormholes could magnify light by a factor of 100,000

Wormholes, which are strange hypothetical tunnels through space-time, could act...

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Entirely new type of ice made using extremely cold steel balls

Entirely new type of ice made using extremely cold steel...

A new type of ice called medium-density amorphous ice has the same density as liquid...

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Reports of Bigfoot rise when at least 900 black bears are in the area

Reports of Bigfoot rise when at least 900 black bears are...

Where black bears are abundant, Bigfoot sightings usually follow – which could make...

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Doughnut-shaped laser used to create an optical fibre out of air

Doughnut-shaped laser used to create an optical fibre out...

Shooting a brief but powerful laser beam shaped like a doughnut through the air...

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Only eating between 7am and 3pm helps people with obesity lose weight

Only eating between 7am and 3pm helps people with obesity...

Intermittent fasting led to a group of people with obesity losing 7.6 kilograms...

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Microplastics can be recycled to make electrodes for lithium batteries

Microplastics can be recycled to make electrodes for lithium...

The polyethylene microplastic pollution commonly found in wastewater can be extracted...

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Net-zero aviation needs up to $1 trillion in carbon offsets by 2050

Net-zero aviation needs up to $1 trillion in carbon offsets...

Growing demand for air travel is counteracting the aviation industry push to achieve...

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Inside the complex and extremely violent world of warring mongooses

Inside the complex and extremely violent world of warring...

Banded mongooses have long been used as a model of animal cooperation. Now, researchers...

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Animals that care for young may have more mutations and evolve faster

Animals that care for young may have more mutations and...

An experiment in beetles shows that when parents care for their young, the population...

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Dolphins that help humans catch fish are more likely to survive

Dolphins that help humans catch fish are more likely to...

Dolphins off coast of southern Brazil drive mullet towards the nets of local fishers...

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Galaxy clusters are smashing together to form 'flaming cosmic narwhal'

Galaxy clusters are smashing together to form 'flaming...

Six of the most powerful astronomical observatories have captured a stunning image...

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US proposes to ease blood donor restrictions on gay and bisexual men

US proposes to ease blood donor restrictions on gay and...

The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed that blood donor assessments measure...

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Flames that don't flicker could make engines more efficient

Flames that don't flicker could make engines more efficient

Producing flickerless flames usually requires artificially low pressure or gravity....

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Early relatives of primates lived in the Arctic 52 million years ago

Early relatives of primates lived in the Arctic 52 million...

Analysis of fossilised teeth from Ellesmere Island, Canada, reveals that extinct...

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Why gene variant impairing alcohol breakdown raises heart disease risk

Why gene variant impairing alcohol breakdown raises heart...

A gene variant that causes the "alcohol flush" reaction increases the risk of heart...

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The US government is suing Google – again

The US government is suing Google – again

A new US government lawsuit alleges that Google has harmed innovation and raised...