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World's first tunnel to a magma chamber could unleash unlimited energy

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World's first tunnel to a magma chamber could unleash unlimited energy

In Iceland, scientists are planning to drill two boreholes to a reservoir of liquid rock. One will give us our first direct measurements of magma – the other could supercharge geothermal power

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Why do people get postnatal anxiety and how can we treat it?

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Why do people get postnatal anxiety and how can we treat it?

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Health

Why tending your oral microbiome is the secret to a long, healthy life

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Space

Have we found filaments of pure energy unleashed during the big bang?

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Hannah Ritchie: 'Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful'

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Hannah Ritchie: 'Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful'

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Do animals dream and if so, what about?

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Do animals dream and if so, what about?

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Test your brain with this fiendish set of museum-themed puzzles

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2R0BH12 The Fra Mauro map, ca 1450 by the Venetian cartographer Fra Mauro

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The magnificent medieval map that made cartography into a science

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15 mind-bending scientific riddles to enjoy solving with your family

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15 mind-bending scientific riddles to enjoy solving with your family

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Captain Edward Kean stands on his boat in front of an iceberg in Bonavista Bay on June 29, 2019 in Newfoundland, Canada. - Iceberg water, considered pure, is now marketing for a unique sector of high-end products.

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Arctic cowboys: Meet the people wrangling icebergs for drinking water

It is now technically possible to capture icebergs, tow them to the equator and harvest them for drinking water. But what are the ecological risks?

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Environment

The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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Technology

The future of AI: The 5 possible scenarios, from utopia to extinction

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Science and technology's newest words and what they tell us about 2023

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Physics

Mystery of the quantum lentils: Are legumes exchanging secret signals?

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