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immune system

Gamma rays from the sun are acting weird and nobody knows why

Space

Gamma rays from the sun are acting weird and nobody knows why

A survey of the sun’s radiation turned up two surprises: a dip in low-energy gamma rays, and far more high-energy gamma rays than predicted. And nobody knows why

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Diamond meteorites may come from a lost ancient planet

Space

Diamond meteorites may come from a lost ancient planet

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A scan of a brain

Health

A high IQ may protect men from a cause of psychological stress

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Young Saturn gave Jupiter the building blocks for its big moons

Space

Young Saturn gave Jupiter the building blocks for its big moons

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Life on toxic Venus? Acid-loving microbes could thrive in clouds

Space

Life on toxic Venus? Acid-loving microbes could thrive in clouds

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An electron micrograph of ovarian cancer cells

Health

Ovarian cancer vaccine improves women’s survival rates

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Oral bacteria

Health

Autoimmune disorder lupus may be triggered by body’s bacteria

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Jupiter's hefty twin found just 12 light years away

Space

Jupiter's hefty twin found just 12 light years away

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Space

Mission Icarus: Inside the daring plan to touch the sun

Features

Mercury's long-lost cousin found in distant planetary system

Space

Mercury's long-lost cousin found in distant planetary system

An exoplanet discovered 340 million light years away may shed some light on how Mercury got to be such a weird world – a tiny planet made mostly of an iron core

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Life

Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR

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Space

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot keeps getting less great and less red

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Space

Dwarf planet Ceres has a water cycle but it’s not like Earth’s

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Space

The sun’s mysteriously hot corona may be due to invisible plasma

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