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Environment

Hurricane forecasts are improving – but big misses are still possible

Scientists have made major strides in predicting rapidly intensifying storms over the past decade, but even the best tech can't keep up as climate change fuels rapidly intensifying storms

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Space

How to watch 2024’s spectacular Perseid meteor shower

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Space

Moon of Saturn has an equivalent of freshwater rivers and salty oceans

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Space

A new formula for defining a planet still keeps Pluto out of the club

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Health

People at risk of overdose could be fitted with an anti-opioid implant

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Health

Bird flu cases may be going undetected in US dairy workers

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Environment

Raindrop-powered generator harvests electricity from bad weather

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Technology

Planes are under attack from GPS jamming – can we find a fix?

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Mind

AI can identify a child’s sex based on their brain activity

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Wireframe view of the east and west walls, and floor, of the Mare Tranquillitatis pit

Space

Deep pit on moon may be entrance to cave that could act as lunar base

We may have finally found an entry point to the caves hidden beneath the moon’s surface, which could shield future astronauts from dangerous radiation

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Environment

Is a vital ocean current just decades away from catastrophic collapse?

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Physics

A microscopic diving board can cheat the second law of thermodynamics

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Health

Your pupils change size as you breathe

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Humans

Denisovan DNA may help modern humans adapt to different environments

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