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Venus has lava tubes, and they’re weird

We are learning more about Venus, the hot, high-pressure planet JSC/NASA We now know for sure that massive underground tunnels,

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Unforgeable quantum money can be stored in an ultracold ‘debit card’

A quantum version of a debit card could keep your money safe Globalimages101/Alamy A rudimentary quantum debit card that can

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Dome-headed dinosaur from Mongolia is the oldest ever found

Artist’s reconstruction of the pachycephalosaur Zavacephale rinpoche Masaya Hattori A dome-headed dinosaur found in Mongolia had a serious weapon on

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Jaguar breaks records by swimming at least 1.3 kilometres

Jaguars are known to be strong swimmers Matthias Graben/imageBROKER RF/Getty Images Camera traps show that an adult male jaguar swam

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A weird cloud forms on Mars each year and now we know why

Unusual clouds form over the Martian volcano Arsia Mons each year ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/J. Cowart CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO A thin

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Florida’s anti-vaccine push leads dangerous shift for US public health

Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo speaking at an anti-vaccine event in Sarasota, Florida Dave Decker/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Scepticism around vaccines

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Baby pterosaurs could fly right after hatching – but crashed in storms

An artist’s impression of a pterodactyl hatchling struggling against a tropical storm Rudolf Hima Baby pterodactyls apparently flew within days

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Just 1 minute of vigorous exercise a day could add years to your life

Briefly walking up a steep hill counts as exercise Greg Balfour Evans/Alamy If you don’t exercise for the sake of

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Bespoke brain implant gives long-term relief from chronic pain

Deep brain stimulation is already used to treat Parkinson’s disease Living Art Enterprises/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A brain implant that detects

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Glow-in-the-dark plants to replace streetlights? Forget it

These succulent plants glow after being infused with phosphor particles that absorb and slowly release light Liu et al., Matter