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  • The International Space Station seen from Nasa’s Endeavour shuttle.

    Astrology
    Starwatch: International Space Station passes over London

    This artificial star will be dazzlingly bright – almost rivalling Venus – on 15 July
  • Period colourised photograph of agricultural labourers in a field, including two sitting on a piece of horse-drawn agricultural machinery

    Agriculture
    ‘Goldmine’ collection of wheat from 100 years ago may help feed the world, scientists say

  • Wide angle view ofd a very large camera or telescope mount in the centre of an observatory building being constructed around it

    Space
    ‘Amazing’ new technology set to transform the search for alien life

  • Jagged ambush bug

    Insects
    Climate crisis has impact on insects’ colours and sex lives, study finds

  • A woman sits at a table working on her laptop

    Artificial intelligence
    AI prompts can boost writers’ creativity but result in similar stories, study finds

  • A prototype of the undergarment

    Space
    Scientists design spacesuit that can turn urine into drinking water

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  • A light on a probe in space shines into an underground rocky pit, with the Earth seen behind.

    Underground cave found on moon could be ideal base for explorers

  • Two zoo workers stand next to an enclosure with two elephants in it

    First Asian elephant vaccinated in fight against deadly herpes virus

  • A doctor holds the hand of an elderly woman.

    Scientists make DNA discovery that could help find pancreatic cancer cure

  • Climate activists demonstrate inside the Science Museum against sponsorship by Equinor, BP and Adani

    London’s Science Museum forced to cut ties with oil giant – and faces pressure over other sponsors

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  • A child wearing inhaling through a mask with an inhaler attached

    Rise in Covid jab rates may protect children against asthma attacks, study finds

  • A galaxy (Photograph: ESO/M. Kornmesser/PA Wire)

    A black hole awakens and why some people avoid Covid: the week in science – podcast

  • An electron microscope image of coronaviruses.

    Covid immune response study could explain why some escape infection

  • Natacha Gray sitting in her wheelchair.

    ‘A 30-second walk would exhaust me beyond reason’: Natacha’s life with long Covid

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  • Snailspixie

    The horror of everything all the time! Wait a minute, here is a happy snail story!

  • Sophie Yeo

    The ‘wood wide web’ theory charmed us all – but now it’s the subject of a bitter fight among scientists

    Sophie Yeo
  • Kenan Malik

    Biden, Putin, Xi, Modi: what is it that keeps old ideas, as well as old people, in power?

    Kenan Malik
  • Elle Hunt

    Scientists ignored ‘gay’ animals for years. When will we get over our human hang-ups about the natural world?

    Elle Hunt
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  • Seagulls

    ‘Lesbian’ seagulls and ‘gay’ rams: the endless sexual diversity of nature – podcast

  • Woman monitoring herself the levels of glucose in blood using smart phone technology.<br>Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system with sensor attached in arm controlling information and alerts with mobile phone app.

    ZOE and personalised nutrition: does the evidence on glucose tracking add up? – podcast

    To find out what we know about blood glucose levels and our health, and whether the science is nailed down on personalised nutrition, Ian Sample hears from philosopher Julian Baggini, academic dietician Dr Nicola Guess of Oxford University and ZOE’s chief scientist, and associate professor at Kings College London, Dr Sarah Berry
  • A close-up image of a blue-grey coloured single sperm cell on black background

    ‘Spermageddon’: is male fertility really in crisis? – podcast

    Recent research has suggested a global reproductive crisis could be in the offing, with researchers in Israel saying average sperm counts may have more than halved in the past 40 years. But a study published last month appears to call this narrative into question. Ian Sample is joined by the Guardian’s science correspondent Nicola Davis to unpick why these studies have come to different conclusions – and what could be causing the crisis, if declines are as dramatic as they appear
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Key issues

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    Physics
    ‘People say my book gave them a panic attack’: When We Cease to Understand the World author Benjamín Labatut

  • Uncanny Me.

    Biology
    Uncanny Me review – exploration of cloning tech fraught with moral and ethical questions

    • Space
      Underground cave found on moon could be ideal base for explorers

    • Genetics
      Uncanny Me review – exploration of cloning tech fraught with moral and ethical questions

    • Medical research
      Scientists make DNA discovery that could help find pancreatic cancer cure

    • Psychology
      Face your anger and let it out. It’s the only way to stay healthy

  • A proud mother duck leads her ducklings across a blue lake in Springtime.<br>P12NEY A proud mother duck leads her ducklings across a blue lake in Springtime.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Simple puzzles almost everybody gets wrong

  • Posed by model Young handsome man over isolated background surprised with hand on head for mistake, remember error. Forgot, bad memory concept.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Simple puzzles almost everybody gets wrong

  • Observer Tech Monthly OTM gift guide Christmas Xmas November 2015. Tetris lights.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Try this triple Tetris teaser

  • Tetris 1984

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Try this triple Tetris teaser

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Multimedia

  • Close-up of endangered Red Handfish embryos

    Beaker Street science photography prize – in pictures

  • Boeing's Starliner capsule finally made its much-delayed first crewed flight from Cape Canaveral

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    Boeing's Starliner spacecraft lifts off carrying two Nasa astronauts to ISS – video

    Boeing's Starliner capsule finally made its much-delayed first crewed flight from Cape Canaveral
  • Gliese 12b is the size of Earth, or slightly smaller, like Venus. And its surface temperature is estimated to be a balmy 42C

    Australian student helps discover potentially habitable planet the size of Earth – video

    Gliese 12b is the size of Earth, or slightly smaller, like Venus. And its surface temperature is estimated to be a balmy 42C
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