science
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Beware responding to signals from far off stars, physicist tells viewers in Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places – a virtual journey across the cosmos
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Nobel winning scientists gather for 26th straight year to award the most absurd, strange and curious research of the year
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It’s easy to dismiss the initiative of the Facebook founder and his wife as hubris. But audacious, aspirational goals are precisely what are needed
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Pathogens are to blame for twice as many cases as thought, study finds, paving way for more effective vaccines and antibiotics
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Spacewatch: Spacecraft’s 15-hour controlled crash will give scientists a unique insight into the geological history of a comet
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Jenny Rohn finds that child-rearing and a career in research are not easy bedfellows. But she does still bake cupcakes
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Soil’s potential to soak up planet-warning carbon dioxide has been overestimated by as much as 40%, say scientists
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Couple plans to invest $3bn over next decade to help scientists develop and utilise tools such as artificial intelligence and blood monitors to treat illnesses
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key issues
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SpaceSpaceWhere will the out-of-control Chinese space station land?Scientists have admitted that they have no way of safely guiding Tiangong-1 back to Earth, and say it is moving too fast to accurately predict where debris from the 8.5-tonne module will crash
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BiologyBiology'We need to talk about shit': six bugs cause 78% of diarrhoea casesPathogens are to blame for twice as many cases as thought, study finds, paving way for more effective vaccines and antibiotics
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GeneticsGenetics
Indigenous Australians know we're the oldest living culture – it's in our Dreamtime
Larissa BehrendtPerhaps the DNA research confirming Indigenous Australians as the oldest living culture will make the rest of the world take note of rich culture and traditions contained in our oral history -
PsychologyPsychologySelf-discipline is overrated, so go easy on yourselfToo little self-control makes you impulsive and prone to taking dangerous risks, but too much isn’t great, either
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PhysicsPhysicsStephen Hawking warns against seeking out aliens in new filmBeware responding to signals from far off stars, physicist tells viewers in Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places – a virtual journey across the cosmos
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Scientists have admitted that they have no way of safely guiding Tiangong-1 back to Earth, and say it is moving too fast to accurately predict where debris from the 8.5-tonne module will crash
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opinion
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If Zuckerberg and Chan want to get some bang for their buck, they’ll need to break down the structures that hold brilliant young scientists back
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There are surprising benefits to locking gazes with another person, but that’s easy to forget in the age of scrolls and swipes
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pictures & video
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Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft filmed Saturn for almost 44 hours in April 2016 to create a video showing four Saturnian days as the planet turned
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From the parasitic ‘fairy fly’ to paracetamol as you’ve never seen before, Spike Walker, winner of Royal Photographic Society’s new award, shines a light on the hidden world of microscopic forms and structures
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The European Space Agency has released the most detailed map of the Milky Way galaxy to date, based on the first delivery of data from the ESA’s Gaia probe
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Nasa launches the Osiris-Rex spacecraft into space on Thursday, on a seven-year quest to collect samples from the asteroid Bennu, which could date back to the origins of the solar system
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In a new website launching today, the public and scientists alike will be able to explore interactive 3D models of skulls and artefacts rescued from the wreck
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NASA released the first images of Jupiter taken by its Juno spacecraft on Friday almost two months after it arrived in an orbit around the biggest planet in the solar system
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Using images from Nasa, Bristol-based artist Luke Jerram has created a lunar installation featuring moonbathing and a soundtrack by composer Dan Jones
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Stephen Hawking: 'If you feel you are in a black hole, don’t give up. There’s a way out.'
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