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IVF could be done inside the body using sperm that have been magnetised, allowing them to be directed to an egg while getting around the need for invasive egg retrievals and embryo transfers
Scientists have long grappled with how to measure the effect of social media on children. Now, the UK government has announced a total ban for everyone under 16, and researchers are rushing to design rigorous studies before it comes into effect
Article URL: https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/copper-drug-restores-memory-and-clears-toxic-alzheimers-proteins
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Quantum computing firm QuEra says it plans to make a fault-tolerant quantum computer and offer it to users through the cloud in 2028, which will require a real leap in engineering
This has been a persistent, behind-the-scenes dispute between NASA and Roscosmos.
In April, for the first time ever, an Earth observation satellite found what it was looking for, all on its own.
Galaxies and their supermassive black holes evolve together, but which came first is an ongoing question. Now we may finally have an answer, says columnist Leah Crane
Article URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1813281/full
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We spent a day out in the city with a thermal camera, recording surface temperatures indoors and outdoors.
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University of Leicester historian thinks Eilmer of Malmesbury saw two different comets: in 1018 and 1066
Article URL: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15897903/measles-surge-utah-US-elimination-status.html
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Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/breast-milk-research-chemicals
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Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/12/climate/cold-blob-atlantic-amoc-ocean-circulation
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Article URL: https://capefearadvisors.substack.com/p/spacex-adding-it-up-the-235-billion
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Article URL: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/06/10/consciousness-likely-not-unique-earthlings-paper-says
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Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/13/nx-s1-5856385/sunscreen-skin-protection-bemotrizinol
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Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/sunscreen-fda-bemotrizinol-ingredient-uva-protection-9b9c7e04b418b3c9c1fbaa7ddabade25
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Article URL: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-06-09-ancient-genome-duplications-laid-the-foundations-of-complex-brains
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Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8k70
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Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-12/india-s-extreme-heat-is-hurting-its-economy-and-workers
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Article URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu4373
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Article URL: https://economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/06/12/treating-pancreatic-tumours-may-have-revealed-cancers-master-switch
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Researchers have quantified the length and mass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks globally.
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Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/where-did-earth-get-its-oceans-maybe-it-made-them-itself-20260612/
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Article URL: https://innovativegenomics.org/news/crispr-technique-selectively-shreds-cancer-cells/
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The eyewitness footage shows bright orbs in the sky over an undisclosed location in the northeastern US.
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Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.13473
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