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Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals

Some pet foods contain potentially harmful PFAS chemicals Cris Cantón/Getty Images Many pet foods – especially those based on fish

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Scientists want to put a super laser on the moon

Illustration of dark craters near the moon’s south pole Science Photo Library / Alamy Scientists want to build a laser

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These 5 diets could add years to your life even if you have bad genes

A healthy diet has long been linked to living into old age – and you don’t have to adhere to

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The failure of ecosystem services: Why putting a price tag on nature hasn’t worked

Ryan Wills for New Scientist Richard Branson, Jane Goodall and Edward Norton might seem like strange bedfellows. But in 2012,

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Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate

Giant icebergs have been breaking off the edge of Pine Island ice shelf NASA/Brooke Medley A large and fast-melting glacier

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Fast-charging quantum battery built inside a quantum computer

A quantum battery has been built within a quantum computer, a first step in determining whether such batteries could play

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A huge cloud of dark matter may be lurking near our solar system

There might be a big clump of dark matter in our galactic neighbourhood Alamy There seems to be an enormous

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Why people can have Alzheimer’s-related brain damage but no symptoms

The plaques and tangles associated with Alzheimer’s disease usually cause devastating symptoms, but some people seem to be resilient to

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Amazon is getting drier as deforestation shuts down atmospheric rivers

Vast areas of the Amazon rainforest have been burned for cattle ranching MICHAEL DANTAS/AFP via Getty Images Deforestation has reduced

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Bone cancer therapy unexpectedly makes tumours less painful

An artist’s impression of nanomedicine in action ALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cancer that spreads to bones can be deadly, and