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Technology could in effect give voice back to people with conditions such as Parkinson’s
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Using a global network of telescopes, scientists have managed to capture an image of a black hole for the first time. Hannah Devlin investigates why it’s more than just a pretty picture
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Players automatically perceive their own actions ahead of rivals, research shows -
Jacob Wainwright’s diary is only handwritten witness account of missionary’s death -
Researchers say adding sweet smells to food could cut sugar intake and help tackle obesity
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The second world war ship SS Iron Crown sank after it was torpedoed, killing 38 of its 43 crew
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Data matches predictions that weather will get more extreme as planet warms, scientists say -
International trade secretary appeared to suggest scientific consensus could be questioned -
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Science Weekly teams up with the Chips with Everything podcast to examine the environmental price tag of our throwaway culture and how tech may help create a more sustainable model -
Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter has a passion for statistics but some argue this type of number crunching is losing its influence and its ability to objectively depict reality. Nicola Davis and Ian Sample investigate how significant statistics are in today’s ‘post-truth’ world -
With almost half of British adults taking a daily vitamin, Graihagh Jackson and guests examine our love of supplements - including recent announcments about fortifying flour with folic acid
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Using a global network of telescopes, scientists have managed to capture an image of a black hole for the first time. Hannah Devlin investigates why it’s more than just a pretty picture
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As a doctor, I realize the forces that cause climate change are the same forces that poisoned the lungs of babies in Detroit -
Yemen’s rich cultural heritage has given much to the world. But the world has failed to stand up for it, says archaeology specialist Lamya Khalidi -
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Using a global network of telescopes, scientists have managed to capture an image of a black hole for the first time. Hannah Devlin investigates why it’s more than just a pretty picture
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Photographs from history that capture humanity’s exploration of the heavens -
Scientists working on the Event Horizon Telescope project have produced an image of the "unseeable", capturing the world's first picture of a black hole. It took nearly two years for 200 researchers and a network of eight radio telescopes spanning the globe to make the breakthrough, which was previously thought impossible
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Prof Jennifer Doudna, one the pioneers of Crispr-Cas9 gene editing, explains how this revolutionary discovery enables precise changes to our DNA
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Wednesday night’s rare occurrence of a super worm moon coincided with the equinox. The name is a nod to the emergence of worms from the soil around the time of the March full moon -
A rare super worm moon will loom large as it coincides with the spring equinox.
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