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Any wall can be turned into a camera to see around corners

Technology for seeing around corners would be of use to the military Matthew Horwood/Getty Images An ordinary camera could soon

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Will SpaceX’s Starship rocket ever work – and what if it doesn’t?

Starship’s ninth test flight took place on 27 May Joe Marino/UPI/Shutterstock Another launch, another failure? With the ninth flight of

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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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Why birds decorate their nests with weird and unnatural objects

Red kites sometimes put plastic objects in their nests Mike Read / Alamy Stock Photo Birds may decorate nests with

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Ancient Maltese temples may have been schools for celestial navigation

Ħaġar Qim, a megalithic temple complex in southern Malta Felix Choo / Alamy Stock Photo Several 5000-year-old temples in Malta

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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 Ocean NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific

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Chemists discover ‘anti-spice’ that could make chili peppers less hot

Piri piri or African bird’s eye chilli peppers Steidi/Alamy Accidentally made your food too spicy? One day, you might be

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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

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Record heat in 2023 and 2024 may just have been natural variability

Belgium was one of many counties that saw record temperatures in 2024 FREDERIC SIERAKOWSKI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The past couple of years have

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Emotional control: how to harness your feelings for a happier, calmer life

Ethan Kross always shared a special bond with his grandmother, Dora, whom he considered a “second mom”. She lived just a