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Fossil trove reveals three new species of ancient egg-laying mammals

A set of Australian fossils offers a rare glimpse of the ancient relatives of platypuses and echidnas that lived alongside the dinosaurs 100 million years ago

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Health

Tamiflu seems to relieve noise-induced hearing loss in mice

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H7XEPK Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) viewed from inside hollow stump, Yakushima Island, Japan

Life

Hungry deer may have driven tiny plant evolution on Japanese island

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Technology

AI can predict landmine areas from satellite images

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Primordial black holes crossing stars, orbit figures.

Space

Tiny black holes hiding in the sun could trace out stunning patterns

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Life

Don’t forget birds and bats when renovating or building new homes

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Environment

Three years of high temperatures will mean we have breached 1.5°C

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2RMX7JT Hurricane Idalia (left) as it is making landfall on Wednesday morning, August 30, 2023, near Keaton Beach, Florida, while Hurricane Franklin (left) churns in the Atlantic. (USA)

Earth

Hot Atlantic sets the stage for extreme hurricane season

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Health

Male birth control injection causes reversible infertility in mice

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Argentine ants (Linepithema humile)

Life

Ants learn faster on caffeine

A dose of caffeine helped ants locate a sweet reward 30 per cent faster, suggesting the drug boosts learning in the insects

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Space

Earth-like exoplanet found just 40 light years away – the closest yet

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Environment

El Niño is ending after a year of driving extreme weather

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Space

Amazing new images of galaxies and nebulae caught by Euclid telescope

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Life

Huge nose of male proboscis monkeys is key to mating success

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