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The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

Space

The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

Astronomers think that planets covered in water, with oceans hundreds of metres deep, could be relatively common in our galaxy. Now the race is on to find one

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The New Melones Reservoir in California

Environment

California has lost more groundwater than held in all its reservoirs

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Technology

How much water do data centres use? Most tech companies won't say

Insight

An electric-powered irrigation well pumping groundwater to rice fields during the dry season in north west Bangladesh

Environment

Farmers in Bangladesh pump so much water it may help reduce floods

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Water flowing from a tap

Environment

UK toilets and showers will need water efficiency labels by 2025

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Close up of a model's hands washing dishes in steaming hot water with dark blue rubber gloves with anit-drip cuffs

Technology

Superheated steam dishwasher could kill bacteria in just 25 seconds

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A wide angle view shows piping laid along ten vegetable crop rows to irrigate with slow drips. Small green plants have sprouted along the rows.

Environment

Half of newly irrigated land is in water-stressed areas

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The surface of Mars

Space

NASA's InSight Mars lander found surprisingly little underground ice

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People sitting on parched grass in Greenwich Park, London

Environment

With drought in England more frequent, how can it keep water flowing?

Analysis

A 3d-printed model enters the water

Physics

Physicists calculate highest dives most humans can safely withstand

By using 3D-printed models and dropping them into a tank, researchers have found the maximum heights people can dive from before they will encounter forces that can cause injury

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Technology

Robot can fly, swim or hitch a ride by sticking to other objects

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River: New film shows Earth's waterways from stunning perspectives

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Technology

DNA computer could tell you if your drinking water is contaminated

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Environment

How a Cotswolds river may show the way to clean up England's waterways

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