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Record Levels Of 'Microplastics' Have Been Found In The Arctic

Much of it appears to have come from the vast "garbage patch" in the Pacific 😳
By Emily Beament & Thomas Tamblyn, PA

Watch This Incredible Video Of The Lagoon Nebula Captured By Hubble

The video has been released to celebrate the space telescope's 28th birthday.
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The Astronomical Consequences Of An Existential Catastrophe

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How Big Data Confirms, And Sometimes Confounds, Gender Stereotypes

Yes, Tinder is a Brave New World. But it also, depressingly for some, seems it’s not so different to the old one
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Regular Coffee Consumption Could Actually Help An Irregular Heartbeat

Just another reason why coffee is 👌
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NASA Will Launch A Spacecraft Designed With One Purpose: Find The Next Earth

The launch is expected to take place this evening.
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A Gene That Increases Your Risk Of Alzheimer's Has Been Neutralised For The First Time

Just two copies of this gene can increase your risk 12-fold.
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Watch Virgin Galactic's New Spaceship Go Supersonic

This is the ship that Virgin Galactic will use to send tourists into space.
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This Headset Can Actually Hear The Words You Say In Your Head

This is not science fiction.
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We Can Now Trap Poachers Using A Technique Designed To Detect Distant Stars

'Animals and humans in thermal footage ‘glow’ in the same way as stars and galaxies in space.'
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