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Physics

Tiniest ‘ruler’ ever measures distances as small as an atom’s width

A new technique uses glowing molecules, laser light and microscopes to measure distances as minuscule as 0.1 nanometres – the width of a typical atom

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Life

There could be 30,000 species of earthworms wriggling around the world

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Space

Earth may be about to pass through the ion tail of a comet

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Life

Living microbes found deep inside 2-billion-year-old rock

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Technology

Do the 2024 Nobel prizes show that AI is the future of science?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (14768605x) A restaurant is surrounded by sand bags as the city prepares for Hurricane Milton in Bonita Beach, Florida, USA, 08 October 2024. According to the National Hurricane Center's Live Hurricane Tracker, Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall on the west coast of Florida on the evening of 09 October. After rapidly intensifying into a Category 5 storm on 07 October, Milton is expected to weaken as it reaches shore but will still bring significant weather impacts across the state. Florida prepares for landfall of Hurricane Milton, Fort Myers, USA - 08 Oct 2024

Environment

How hurricanes like Milton spawn tornadoes

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Health

Weight-loss drugs lower impulse to eat – and perhaps to exercise too

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Mind

Your brain has individual neurons that respond to the smell of bananas

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Environment

Once we pass 1.5°C of global warming, there is no going back

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Physics

This test could reveal whether gravity is subject to quantum weirdness

If gravity is a truly quantum entity, something as simple as measuring the strength of an object’s gravitational field should change its quantum state

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Chemistry

Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for mastering structures of proteins

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Environment

Extreme hurricane season is here and it is fuelled by climate change

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Health

Your toothbrush is teeming with hundreds of types of viruses

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Life

Paramotorists collect rare plant species from Peruvian desert oases

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