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Your happiness in life may not be U-shaped – here’s how it could vary

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How brain organoids are revealing what truly makes humans unique

A 100-day-old brain organoid Madeline Lancaster Since Madeline Lancaster first created brain organoids back in 2013, they have become widely

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Two-in-one inhalers slash asthma attacks among young children

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Nanoparticles may be the secret ingredient in making ultimate plastics

Pipes made from PVC plastic could be improved by adding nanoparticles valentyn semenov/Alamy A sprinkling of nanoparticles could be the

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Cutting down the Amazon will bring extreme rain, wind and heat

Illegal deforestation in the Amazon in Mato Grosso state, Brazil Paralaxis/Alamy Life in the Amazon region following total deforestation of

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Quantum computers have finally achieved unconditional supremacy

Quantinuum’s quantum computer Quantinuum What can quantum computers do that their traditional counterparts absolutely cannot? This is one of the

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Around one-third of AI search tool answers make unsupported claims

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Jaguar breaks records by swimming at least 1.3 kilometres

Jaguars are known to be strong swimmers Matthias Graben/imageBROKER RF/Getty Images Camera traps show that an adult male jaguar swam

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Iridescent mammals are much more common than we thought

The tropical vlei rat has fur that shimmers with iridescent hues Jessica Leigh Dobson More than a dozen mammal species

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Possible galaxy spotted by JWST could be the earliest we’ve ever seen

The possible galaxy in an image from the James Webb Space Telescope NASA, ESA, CSA, CEERS, G. Gandolfi Astronomers might