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Starliner: Two NASA astronauts may be stuck on the space station until February
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Leeches use their whole bodies to entomb and eat ultra-fast worms
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Could Mars become habitable with the help of glitter-like iron rods?
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Bird deaths from building strikes may be double past estimates
After surviving building collisions, around 60 per cent of birds die in…
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Heart of an Oak follows this 210-year-old tree and its inhabitants through…
The surprising connections between maths and poetry
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