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Space

Pairs of giant planets may make their star systems ultra-habitable

Simulations of more than 140,000 possible planetary systems show that pairs of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn may make their star systems more hospitable to habitable Earth-like worlds

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A light micrograph of plaques in someone with lupus

Health

Discovery of a genetic cause of lupus could lead to new treatments

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This high resolution image of the icy crust of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, reveals a surface criss-crossed by multiple sets of ridges and fractures

Space

We now know how the mysterious ridges covering Europa’s surface formed

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Magnetosphere

Physics

Earth’s magnetosphere replicated in miniature using lasers and magnets

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Main ? Voyager 2 view of Neptune, captured in August 1989. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill

Space

Neptune has been slowly cooling for 15 years when it should be warming

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A solar power plant at night

Technology

Solar panels that work at night produce enough power to charge a phone

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Inside a mouse pancreatic tumour and the red bits are the Listeria bacteria delivering the tetanus to the tumour cells.

Health

Pancreatic cancer treated in mice by loading tumour cells with tetanus

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space satellite with solar panels

Environment

UK government backs plan to harvest solar power from space

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Technology

Static electricity can keep desert solar panels free of dust

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A man and a woman

Health

We seem to find people with a strong immune system more attractive

Previous research has shown that we are attracted to the body odour of people with better health, and now it seems the strength of your immune system is reflected in your face

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Space

Mars may have been habitable millions of years later than we thought

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Space

We may now know why Uranus and Neptune are different shades of blue

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Health

Vitamin D supplements really do reduce risk of autoimmune disease

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Space

Leigh Fletcher interview: Why we urgently need a mission to Neptune

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