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El Niño was linked to famines in Europe in the early modern period

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Gargantuan black hole may be a remnant from the dawn of the universe

Primordial black holes are hypothesised to have formed shortly after the big bang Shutterstock/Mohd. Afuza An unusually massive black hole

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Physicists stirred up controversy with scientific cooking tips in 2025

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Mathematicians spent 2025 exploring the edge of mathematics

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More than 100 moons were discovered in our own solar system in 2025

Uranus’s new moon, S/2025 U1, was spotted using the James Webb Space Telescope NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/M. El Moutamid (SwRI)/M. Hedman (University of

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Putting data centres in space isn’t going to happen any time soon

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Sitting by a window may improve blood sugar levels for type 2 diabetes

Here’s another reason to fight for a window seat: it may help regulate your blood sugar levels Anton Dios/Shutterstock Many

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How green hydrogen could power industries from steel-making to farming

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Mars may once have had a much larger moon

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The surprising longevity lessons from the world’s oldest animal

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