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Einstein may be wrong about how mirrors travelling at light speed work

[ad_1] How does a mirror travelling at light speed behave? We may now know Imagine Photographer/Getty Images Over a century ago, Albert Einstein found a

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Cyborg locusts with brain nanoparticles could act as bomb sniffers

[ad_1] Researchers wanting to make use of locusts’ keen sense of smell to sniff out certain chemicals have found that injecting their brains with nanoparticles

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5 amazing things discovered by the eROSITA X-ray telescope

[ad_1] The Spektr-RG spacecraft carries the eROSITA X-ray telescope https://www.flickr.com/photos/dlr_de/48092029201/in/album-72157709154538987/ DLR (CC-BY 3.0) The widest X-ray survey of the night sky has revealed some of

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Exercise programme helps people with long covid, but it’s no panacea

[ad_1] People with long covid, who were not in the latest trial, take part in an exercise programme in a swimming pool dpa picture alliance/Alamy

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UK’s JET nuclear fusion reactor sets new world record for energy output

[ad_1] Inside the JET fusion reactor EUROfusion The UK’s 40-year-old fusion reactor achieved a world record for energy output in its final runs before being

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Enormous underwater mountains discovered off west coast of Americas

[ad_1] An ocean research vessel has just discovered four underwater mountains, the tallest almost 3 kilometres high, that might be hotspots of deep-sea life [ad_2]

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Does Viagra ward off Alzheimer’s disease? It’s too soon to say

[ad_1] Viagra could treat many conditions beyond erectile dysfunction David Cole/Alamy Anyone considering using Viagra as a treatment for impotence could be forgiven for thinking

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Huge deposit of natural hydrogen gas detected deep in Albanian mine

[ad_1] An Albanian mine where hydrogen naturally seeps up through the rock F-V. Donzé The largest flow of natural hydrogen gas ever recorded has been

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Air pollution is changing the scent of flowers and confusing insects

[ad_1] Hawk moths are less likely to visit flowers if air pollution has changed the way they smell Image courtesy of Floris Van Breugel Insects

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Giant magma flow in Iceland was the fastest ever recorded

[ad_1] Lava erupting near Grindavik, Iceland, on 8 February Iceland Civil Defense/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images The flow of magma into a 15-kilometre-long crack ahead of