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The world is running out of helium. Here’s why doctors are worried.

A global helium shortage has doctors worried about one of the natural gas’s most essential, and perhaps unexpected, uses: MRIs.…

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Hair follicles grown in the lab in a step towards hair loss treatment

By modifying the embryonic skin cells of mice, researchers created hair follicles that grew up to 3 millimetres long over…

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Surprisingly bright blue fish discovered in the darkest ocean depths

Most snailfish living in the deepest ocean realm known as the hadal zone are ghostly white with tiny eyes. But…

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Engineering firms explore plan to slow melting of Greenland glacier

Companies are considering a major geoengineering project that would build a barrier to block warm seawater from reaching the base…

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JWST spots smallest galaxy outside our local universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has glimpsed the smallest galaxy outside our local universe – and it is a thousand…

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Glyphosate weedkiller impairs learning and memory in bumblebees

Bumblebees exposed to glyphosate performed worse in tests that required them to remember which colours were linked to rewards Environment…

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High school student is first to sequence the angelfish genome

17-year-old Indeever Madireddy sequenced the genome of his pet angelfish after it died – the first time this species has…

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California has lost more groundwater than held in all its reservoirs

By James Dinneen The New Melones Reservoir in California George Rose/Getty Images California’s Central Valley has lost roughly 85 cubic…

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Ever had a bad case of chickenpox? If you’re under 30, probably not, thanks to the vaccine.

Chickenpox vaccines have virtually wiped out severe complications and deaths in American children from the highly contagious virus, a new…

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Weather sensors could float forever in the stratosphere using sunlight

A device that uses differences in temperature to levitate could keep small sensors floating indefinitely in the stratosphere, such as…

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