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The inventions of our lifetime, picked by the people who know

Our expert panel offers up 10 of the greatest inventions to appear since �鶹��ý was launched, from Kevlar to a smarter way of dealing with information

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Europa

Life

Spacecraft could taste Europa's sea by sampling its atmosphere

News

Monday's bright supermoon will be closest to Earth in 68 years

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Monday's bright supermoon will be closest to Earth in 68 years

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beagle

Space

Beagle Mars probe probably didn’t crash, new analysis shows

News

I watched a rover search for ancient life on Mars – I mean, Utah

Life

I watched a rover search for ancient life on Mars – I mean, Utah

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Speedy bat flies at 160km/h, smashing bird speed record

Life

Speedy bat flies at 160km/h, smashing bird speed record

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A pair of planets passing in from of their star

Space

Exoplanet hunters are missing 75 per cent of two-star worlds

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Mickey Mouse ears may explain universe’s biggest explosions

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Mickey Mouse ears may explain universe’s biggest explosions

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China's Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket takes first flight

Space

China's Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket takes first flight

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Single swift against grey sky

Life

Swifts break record by staying aloft for 10 months at a time

Common swifts probably sleep and mate on the wing, and juvenile birds may fly even longer than adults – perhaps for two years non-stop

News

Space

Mars orbiter spots new crater that may be ExoMars's lost lander

News

Space

Fears grow that ExoMars lander lost in final minute of descent

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Space

Pluto may sport clouds of poisonous acid and flammable gases

News

Space

Get ready for ESA's white-knuckle descent to the Red Planet

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