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Ben Rogers surfs a tidal bore on the River Severn
Environment

Surfing the Severn bore: A battle against Britain’s polluted rivers

The Severn bore is the largest tidal bore in the UK, but for river surfers, it highlights the devastating pollution in Britain's rivers

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Solar Eclipse and elephants

Life

The surprising ways animals react to a total solar eclipse

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Space

Mars’s gravitational pull may be strong enough to stir Earth’s oceans

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Technology

Could an AI replace all music ever recorded with Taylor Swift covers?

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Space

The moons of Mars may have been formed in an icy planetary collision

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Environment

There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarctic sea ice

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Health

The war in Gaza is creating a health crisis that will span decades

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Mind

Babies with bilingual mothers have distinct brainwaves at 1 day old

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Humans

Indigenous Australians have managed land with fire for 11,000 years

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Life

Blind cave fish offers lessons in how to survive starvation

Unlike most other animals, the cave-dwelling Mexican tetra doesn’t get a fatty liver when it is malnourished – and its secrets could lead to medical benefits for other species

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Life

Flightless terror birds stalked Antarctica after the dinosaurs’ demise

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Technology

Snail robot excretes sticky mucus that helps it crawl up slopes

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Technology

Quantum memory device could stop unhackable networks from failing

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Environment

Damaged coral reefs can recover quickly after restoration work

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