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Lung tissue samples from mice, showing the nuceli of cells (blue), cancerous cells (green) and markers of proliferation (magenta)

Health

Covid-19 and flu may reawaken dormant cancer cells in the lungs

Mice with a handful of cancerous cells in their lungs experienced a 100-fold increase to this number after being infected with swine flu

Dr Robert Mulvaney from BAS

Why climate scientists are analysing the world’s oldest ice core

Life

New-to-science stick insect is the heaviest ever found in Australia

Humans

Ancient pots found near Pompeii contain 2500-year-old honey

Earth

Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption

Environment

Rust-based battery connects to an electricity grid for the first time

Environment

California bets on iron-salt battery power to protect against wildfire

Environment

Forests with robust animal populations store four times as much carbon

Technology

Solar-powered ambush drones can wait for targets like land mines

Health

Steadfast lifestyle changes seem best to improve cognitive decline

Healthy habits like exercising and eating well really do seem to improve cognitive decline, particularly if followed in a dedicated way

Life

Puppy and cheetah cub make unlikely pair of step-siblings

Physics

We may be able to share quantum entanglement nearly infinitely

Space

A vast bubble around a dying star is too big to comprehend

Space

Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b have all but vanished