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Life

Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2018’s science stories

What is the punk turtle’s secret power? Or the US Navy’s newest secret weapon? Find out how well you’ve been paying attention with our fun festive quiz

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Virgin Galactic claims its first successful flight to edge of space

Space

Virgin Galactic claims its first successful flight to edge of space

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Asteroid 101955 Bennu

Space

First close-up look shows asteroid Bennu is a holey watery world

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Niamh Shaw: Simulating life on Mars

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Niamh Shaw: Simulating life on Mars

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Chamkaur Ghag: The hunt for dark matter

Video

Chamkaur Ghag: The hunt for dark matter

Video

Astronauts launch in Soyuz rocket for first time since botched takeoff

Space

Astronauts launch in Soyuz rocket for first time since botched takeoff

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Asteroid 101955 Bennu

Space

NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx set to start mission at asteroid Bennu

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Carlo Rovelli: The nature of time

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Carlo Rovelli: The nature of time

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An artist's impression of the surface of a newly discovered super-Earth

Space

Super-Earth spotted hiding in plain sight around neighbouring star

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Pulpit Rock, Norway

Earth

Timefulness review – our impulsive and pugnacious age needs geology

If you want to save Earth, argues a new book, quit sitting around in the present hoping for the best and learn to think really long term, like a geologist

Culture

Space

Mystery “space cow” is a weird new type of powerful space explosion

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Space

NASA is giving advice to Yuri Milner's private mission to Enceladus

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Video

Emma Chapman: The first stars in the universe

Video

Space

The Kepler spacecraft is dead but its planet-hunting legacy lives on

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