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The team found DNA (red) and an enzyme (green) on the surface of human gallstones (yellow)

Health

Sticky nets of DNA from immune cells may be to blame for gallstones

Immune cells may help painful gallstones grow by ejecting sticky nets of DNA around the crystals that form in bile – a finding that could lead to new treatments

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Technology

Outshining fossil fuel: Your guide to the revolution in solar energy

Features

Coal fired power station silhouette at sunset, Pocerady, Czech republic

Environment

Coal power in Europe has had its biggest ever decline

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Solar panels on a roof

Environment

The UK is now using AI to predict solar power and lower energy bills

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Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

Space

Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

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Immunotherapy may help treat some resistant bowel cancers

Health

Immunotherapy may help treat some resistant bowel cancers

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solar panels in China

Environment

Cleaning up China's dirty air would give solar energy a huge boost

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A total solar eclipse just passed over Chile and Argentina

Space

A total solar eclipse just passed over Chile and Argentina

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'Oumuamua

Space

Interstellar object 'Oumuamua almost definitely not aliens, we think

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Mercury

Space

How Mercury and Venus can guide our hunt for alien life on exoplanets

Earth's nearest neighbours have turned into uninhabitable hellholes. Understanding their transformation will teach us which rocky exoplanets might be fit for life

Features

Space

Europa’s salty surface may indicate an ocean that’s good for life

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Space

The planets might control the sun's activity - and it's not astrology

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Health

Gut microbes may determine whether infants develop food allergies

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Space

By Jupiter! How the solar system’s giant made Earth ripe for life

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