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Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

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Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Human clones, a colony on Mars, alien contact... what world-changing breakthroughs will come in the next decade? We asked the experts – with some surprising results

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Captive breeding is a final roll of the dice for the vaquita

Life

Captive breeding is a final roll of the dice for the vaquita

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Martian surface

Space

Martian life must be rare as free energy source remains untapped

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SETI

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We still haven’t heard from aliens - here’s why we might never

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UK is failing to protect its marine areas

Earth

UK does more to protect marine areas overseas than at home

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A white strand of a hair-like bacterium

Life

Weird, hairy microbes discovered on volcano soon after eruption

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Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

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Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

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LHS 1140b

Space

The five best exoplanets in the galaxy to check for alien life

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Cassini finds final ingredient for alien life in Enceladus’s sea

Space

Cassini finds final ingredient for alien life in Enceladus’s sea

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Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators

Life

Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators

When predators get too close, this normally serene pincushion releases hundreds of tiny “jaws” that pack a nasty chemical punch

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Earth

It’s not too late to save Great Barrier Reef from politicians

Analysis

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Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

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Life

Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean

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Life

Feel the pinch: A pioneer of science photography does crab claws

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