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A robot finger prods a shrimp

Technology

Robotic hand pokes food and water to tell if they have mercury in them

A robotic hand with a tiny sensor on one of its fingers can detect potentially harmful mercury ions in samples of food and water by prodding them

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Two images of a women, one generated by AI, look very similar

Technology

AI image generators that create close copies could be a legal headache

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The hippocampus (orange) is a structure in the brain that plays a key role in memory. Less extensive damage to the hippocampus has been linked to worse amnesia than more severe injuries

Mind

Mild brain damage may affect memory more than severe injuries

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Nautilus samoaensis

Life

Three nautilus species new to science have been found in the Pacific

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A Chinese spy balloon drifting to the ocean after being shot down

Technology

Suspected Chinese ‘spy balloon’ shot down by US fighter jet over sea

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TOPSHOT - People search for survivors in Diyarbakir, on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. - At least 284 people died in Turkey and more than 2,300 people were injured in one of Turkey's biggest quakes in at least a century, as search and rescue work continue in several major cities. (Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP) (Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Earth

Two major earthquakes cause devastation across Turkey and Syria

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Underwater drone

Technology

Diving drone can switch between flying and swimming

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Three smokestacks from a coal-burning power plant send up plumes of white smoke into a blue sky

Environment

US megadrought has led to more air pollution from power plants

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Human sperm

Health

Sperm-sorting device aims to find healthy samples to boost IVF success

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Central Henge, Thornborough Henges. ?Historic England Archive

Humans

Neolithic complex dubbed 鈥楽tonehenge of the North鈥� opens to UK public

Two sections of the Thornborough Henges near Ripon, UK, have been donated to the public body Historic England in an effort to preserve the millennia-old monuments

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Environment

Smart cladding could control whether buildings retain or emit heat

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Physics

Entirely new type of ice made using extremely cold steel balls

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Space

Wormholes could magnify light by a factor of 100,000

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Space

Sunquakes may be caused by weird beams of electrons from solar flares

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