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Space

Search for alien transmissions in promising star system draws a blank

Astronomers listened for radio signals emanating from planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system, but found no evidence of any interplanetary communications

Life

These fish have evolved legs that can find and taste buried food

Two versions of the same picture, one altered by AI

Technology

AI tweaks to photos and videos can alter our memories

Environment

Camellia oil could be the greenest cooking oil 鈥� and the healthiest

Space

Planet in the ‘forbidden zone’ of dead star could reveal Earth’s fate

Health

How much should we worry about the health effects of microplastics?

Society

We now know who was cannibalised on the doomed Franklin expedition

Life

Dinosaurs may have run like emus by keeping one foot on the ground

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Environment

Geoengineering is now essential to saving the Arctic’s ice

Environment

Jet stream shifts are linked to fires, failed harvests and the plague

Tree ring data reveals the impact a fluctuating jet stream has had on Europe for 700 years 鈥� and sheds light on future risks amid our warming planet

Chemistry

Chemists discovered the first new chemical bond in more than a decade

Technology

AIs get worse at answering simple questions as they get bigger

Humans

World’s oldest cheese found on 3500-year-old Chinese mummies

Technology

Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second