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Space

One of NASA’s crucial links to deep space is at risk of burning down

The Deep Space Network is our best way to communicate with spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit, and one of its three stations around the world is in the middle of a wildfire

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Life

Clothes made from living fungi can clean and repair themselves

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Health

Having a young biological age could help with weight loss

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A sketch depicts the solar atmosphere during a June 16, 1806, total solar eclipse

Space

10 of the best pictures of solar eclipses throughout history

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A 3D diffusion spectral imaging scan of bundles of white matter nerve fibres, parts of neurons called axons

Mind

Most neurons seem to be jacks-of-all-trades, not specialists

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Space

We now know how a black hole can be flung across the universe

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Environment

This El Niño will be the hottest by a huge margin

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Mathematics

Extremely basic AI prompt cracks decades-old maths problem

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Life

Can sounds make plants grow bigger? A start-up says they can

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Mathematics

Fields medal 2026: Work on unifying laws of physics wins maths prize

Mathematicians who helped unify laws of physics and cracked decades-old problems in geometry are among this year's recipients of the Fields medal

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Space

Dark energy doesn’t exist, claims controversial paper

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Life

Orcas filmed making sunfish explode by ramming them at high speed

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Comment

Why open-source software can be both good and bad

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Life

Sabre-toothed cats could crunch through bone

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