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Hydrilla, view of the leaf surface

Technology

Water-absorbing material inspired by plant roots could power robots

Soft robots could one day be powered by a material that absorbs water to become strong and stiff, mimicking the physics of the cells in plant roots

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Earth-like exoplanet

Space

US astronomers plan $11 billion telescope to picture another Earth

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Named "Leti", the Homo naledi child's skull fragments were found in an extremely hard to access chamber of the Rising Star cave system.

Humans

Homo naledi infant skull discovery suggests they buried their dead

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man lying on his bed

Mind

Tiny region of human brain that helps regulate sleep studied at last

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Woman's eye with cross hair and Facebook logo

Technology

Why is Facebook ditching face recognition and will it delete my data?

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Sunrise over Saginaw bay, Michigan

Environment

Global CO2 emissions have almost returned to pre-pandemic levels

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Environment

COP26 news: Toothless net-zero plans and lack of disability inclusion

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Humans

Is it true that use of synthetic fertiliser is increasing everywhere?

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Alzheimer's disease. Series of coloured computed tomography (CT) scans of an axial section through the head of a 74-year-old patient with Alzheimer's disease. The front of the brain (brown) is at the top. Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disease and a common cause of dementia in the elderly. It causes brain atrophy (decrease in size), shown here by the enlarged ventricle cavities (white, at centre of brain) and the widened pale blue regions. The brain shrinkage caused by Alzheimer's disease leads to memory loss, confusion, personality changes and ultimately death. The cause of Alzheimer's disease is not known and there is no cure.

Mind

Treating Alzheimer’s as having many causes may help us beat it

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Delegates gather in a large room under a balloon with the Earth printed on it at the COP26 climate summit

Environment

Has COP26 put the world on track for holding global warming to 1.5掳C?

One analysis says that new pledges made at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, UK, have put the world on track for a 1.9掳C of warming, but experts caution it takes a very optimistic view

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Life

Bats鈥� landing styles differ depending on where they roost

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Technology

Einstein’s theory of relativity could help stop bank account hackers

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Life

Baleen whales eat three times more krill than we thought

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Mind

A new kind of brain scan is letting us understand how toddlers think

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