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25 March 2015

Blue exposure excites male rats, weedkiller may cause cancer, Pluto needs your names, and more


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For the record

25 March 2015

Head transplants, virtual reality equipment, Neanderthal extinction and more


Dwarf planet Ceres might have right stuff for life

Dwarf planet Ceres might have right stuff for life

25 March 2015

NASA hopes Dawn mission can answer the big question: could life lurk in icy volcanoes on Ceres, the asteroid belt's biggest resident?


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Planet or not, Ceres rocks

25 March 2015

All eyes are on the space drama unfolding in the asteroid belt. It matters not a jot whether Ceres is a planet or a dwarf


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19 March 2015

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Bright spots on Ceres could be water volcanoes

Bright spots on Ceres could be water volcanoes

18 March 2015

Images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft show that a mysterious bright spot on dwarf planet Ceres could be a plume of water spurting from a deep, icy crater


Race to find the first exomoon heats up

Race to find the first exomoon heats up

17 March 2015

Speedier ways to search for moons outside the solar system are good news for alien hunters: these would be some of the best places to look for life


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9 March 2015

All the latest on newscientist.com: memories implanted during sleep, solar-powered world flight, how your voice betrays your confidence, and more


NASA's Dawn becomes first probe to orbit dwarf planet

NASA's Dawn becomes first probe to orbit dwarf planet

6 March 2015

From its vantage point around one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, Dawn could unlock a time capsule from the formation of our solar system


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3 March 2015

All the latest on newscientist.com: the real reasons for child obesity, alien invaders going by Suez, smelly handshakes, zombie simulator and more


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