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Starwatch: Catch the striking trifecta of Venus, the moon and Spica at break of dawn
The brilliant planet is about to join the waning crescent moon and the brightest star in the Virgo constellati...
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‘Ferritin face’: are social media claims about iron deficiency fact – or fiction?
Experts say symptoms such as dark circles under the eyes, grey skin, cracked lips and hair loss can be a warni...
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Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official
Jean Kaseya, of the Africa CDC, warns of the illness spreading like Covid unless more funding is secured to in...
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Country diary: Our tiny island is awash with waxcaps
Calf of Man, Isle of Man: Such is the wealth of Manx fungi, a map is being built to plot it all. We took a spe...
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Country diary: Jackdaws carve up the sky as dusk descends on the moors
Eldwick Crag, West Yorkshire: In the low light and the high wind, these corvids are preparing to roost for the...
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Can you solve it? A magical melody from the Mozart of math
Terence Tao grows coins
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Can AI really predict cancer survival better than a doctor? I have my doubts
Take a selfie to see how healthy you are: the idea is enticing and this new research is promising. But so many...
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You have a higher chance of getting cancer at a younger age than your parents. So what went wrong?
Some change in our lifestyles and environments over a generation has caused this increased risk. What, exactly...
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British households would be £5,000 richer if we were more innovative. Let’s unleash our talents
We have a deep reservoir of assets, but struggle to turn small companies into global success stories. Innovati...
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Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on mirror-image molecules
Henri B Kagan and Kensō Soai awarded prize for discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric...
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Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms
Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire
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I went to America’s largest gathering of astrologers. It was a battle over how to read the stars
Now a $15bn industry, astrology is more mainstream in the US than ever. But its practitioners are still debati...