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Space

Planet spotted orbiting Barnard’s star just 6 light years away

Astronomers have detected an exoplanet around Barnard鈥檚 star, one of the sun鈥檚 closest neighbours, but it is too hot for liquid water or life

The African killifish

Life

Some fish regrow injured fins and we鈥檙e closer to understanding how

Life

A shark survived being stabbed through the head by a swordfish

Technology

Useful quantum computers are edging closer with recent milestones

Foraminifera, shells, debris. Mediterranean sea.

Environment

Ancient plankton suggests extreme El Ni帽os will become twice as common

Coral bleaching

Environment

Here’s how coral reefs might survive hotter, more acidic oceans

Mt. Everest

Earth

How ‘river piracy’ made Mount Everest grow even taller

Health

Radioactive ion beam could target tumours more precisely

Egyptian mosquito

Health

CBD shows promise as pesticide for mosquitoes

The map of the immune system, with each dot representing an immune cell and dots of the same colour belonging to the same cell type

Health

Map of the immune system changing with age may help optimise vaccines

Our immune cells change a lot as the decades progress, which could explain why we become more susceptible to certain conditions

Technology

Forcing people to change their passwords is officially a bad idea

Life

Bacteria can work as a team to spot prime numbers and vowels

Environment

Jet contrails may cool the planet by day and warm it by night

Technology

What voice assistants like Alexa know about you 鈥� and how they use it