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Flashes of light called ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ seen on Jupiter

Space

Flashes of light called ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ seen on Jupiter

Astronomers have spotted flashes of light called transient luminous events on Jupiter, the first time this phenomenon has been seen on a planet other than Earth

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Weird ring-shaped molecule on Titan could be a building block to life

Space

Weird ring-shaped molecule on Titan could be a building block to life

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More doubts cast on potential signs of life on Venus

Space

More doubts cast on potential signs of life on Venus

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fat cells

Health

Fat stores in our cells also hold immune proteins to fight infections

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Crowds of people on the move

Health

It is bad science to say covid-19 infections will create herd immunity

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The immune system: can you improve your immune age?

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The immune system: can you improve your immune age?

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The immune system: How to boost it and lower your immune age

Health

The immune system: How to boost it and lower your immune age

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BepiColombo may be able to search for signs of life as it passes Venus

Space

BepiColombo may be able to search for signs of life as it passes Venus

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Life on Venus? Everything you need to know about the big discovery

Space

Life on Venus? Everything you need to know about the big discovery

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Venus

Space

Have we spotted alien life floating in the clouds of Venus?

Strange gas in the clouds of Venus cannot be explained by any known non-biological formation mechanism, so it may be a sign that there are living organisms there

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Technology

Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles

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Health

What are T-cells and why have they become a political football?

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Space

Earth may have formed with enough water to fill the oceans three times

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Space

Solar system may have had a second sun that helped grab Planet Nine

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