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Space

SpaceX’s Starlink dodged 300,000 satellite collisions in 2025

The company’s mega-constellation is having to perform a huge number of manoeuvres to prevent a collision in Earth orbit

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Life

Why did magic mushrooms evolve? We may finally have the answer

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Health

Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis

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Oral bacteria.

Health

Our oral microbiome could hold the key to preventing obesity

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Procoptodon prehistoric kangaroo

Life

Ancient giant kangaroos could have hopped despite their huge size

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Health

Does limiting social media help teens? We'll finally get some evidence

Analysis

A scanning electron micrograph of a section through a human placenta

Health

Strips of dried placenta help wounds heal with less scarring

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Overall winner Zeke Rowe Wouldn't Hurt a Fly Coiba National Park, Panama Sony a6500 with Sony FE 200-600mm F/5.6-6.3. f/9, 1/1000 sec exposure, ISO 6400 A calm American Crocodile meets the camera with an unwavering stare as biting flies are drinking from its head. In a quiet Panamanian tidal marsh, this apex predator proves that sometimes it truly wouldn?t hurt a fly.

Life

Piercing crocodile close-up wins ecology photo competition

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Health

Natural ovulation the best option before an IVF frozen embryo transfer

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Stunning images reveal the rich biodiversity of remotest Tanzania

Life

Stunning images reveal the rich biodiversity of remotest Tanzania

Photographer Frédéric Noy's shots give an insight into life around the rainforests of Udzungwa Mountains National Park – and efforts to protect it

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Life

Bornean orangutan enjoys being back in the wild

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Life

Our earliest vertebrate ancestors may have had four eyes

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Humans

Oldest known rock art is a 68,000-year-old hand stencil with claws

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Humans

Ape-like hominin Paranthropus was more adaptable than we thought

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