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Antarctic teams drill oldest ice cores yet in search of climate clues

Ice cores that record 1.2 million years of Earth’s atmosphere are on their way to Europe to be analysed, and an Australian drilling team is hoping to go even further back in time

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Life

Puppy intelligence tests can predict how dogs will turn out as adults

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Health

Digital devices may help ward off cognitive decline in older people

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Illustration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria releasing DNA (blue) with antibiotic resistance genes (yellow)

Health

Drug-resistant gonorrhoea could be treated with a UTI antibiotic

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A light micrograph of a section of a whole mouse brain, with nerve cells colourfully labelled

Mind

Electrical synapses genetically engineered in mammals for first time

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Technology

US military launches initiative to find the best quantum computer

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Environment

Trump budget cuts would eliminate much of NOAA’s climate research

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A ship's ram used in the Punic wars

Humans

Bronze naval ram from Roman battle recreated using ancient techniques

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Environment

Methane-eating bacteria are ready to capture landfill emissions

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Life

Dolphins are dying from toxic chemicals banned since the 1980s

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are commonly found in the bodies of short-beaked common dolphins that get stranded on UK beaches, and are linked to the animals’ risk of infectious diseases

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Earth

Inside the hunt for unknown minerals in super-deep diamonds

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Health

The evolution of easier births means slower walking and pelvis issues

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Humans

Denisovan fossil from Taiwan gives clue to mysterious ancient humans

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Environment

Should we give up on recycling plastic?

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