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The possibility Covid is man-made is not a ‘divisive’ issue - the world needs to know
If it was engineered in a Chinese lab, failure to act stops us preparing for a devastating outbreak in the future
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Covid could be ‘man-made’, Michael Gove tells inquiry
Levelling Up Secretary also defends Boris Johnson and says Cabinet Office was not effective at dealing with crises
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Shimmering mole spotted for the first time in nearly 100 years
De Winton’s golden mole was thought extinct until fresh sighting on the South African coast
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‘MIT in the North’: £50m space and tech centre announced at Northumbria University
Lockheed Martin and UK Space Agency will part-fund venture to design and build satellites and train space engineers
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British space companies invited to join race to build Europe’s new rocket
Europe's space agency to run contest for own launcher to close gap on Nasa and end dependence on Elon Musk’s SpaceX
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Cornwall earthquake felt like a juggernaut hitting a house, say residents
The British Geological Survey (BGS) recorded a 2.7 magnitude quake shortly before 1am on Sunday
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Nasa astronauts’ lost tool bag to be visible from Britain this week
Amateurs should be able to spot the surprisingly bright kit bag using binoculars or a telescope on Tuesday evening
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Historic bequest could put block on plans to move Kew Herbarium
Campaigners against transfer of collection say founder was clear it must be maintained at Gardens
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Global warming might not happen quite as fast as we thought – here’s why
Plants will absorb more carbon dioxide than predicted, meaning models could be overestimating the speed which the planet will heat up
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Making friends is not just a human trait – apes do it too
Harvard study finds wild bonobos form bonds with rivals, grooming and sharing food with each other
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Jogger stumbles on three-toed dinosaur print that could be 140 million years old
National Trust ranger spots find, possibly created by an iguanodon, after it filled with rainwater on Dorset’s Brownsea Island
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New Google AI can accurately predict the weather 10 days in advance
GraphCast, created by the company’s DeepMind, can also detect extreme weather events much earlier than traditional systems
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Testing at home for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's could be available within a year
Scientists develop portable testing kit that can pick up evidence of brain deterioration
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Stone Age babies received better parenting, study suggests
Children from hunter-gatherer tribes were looked after by up to 10 adults, giving mothers more chance to rest
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In the end, the AstraZeneca vaccine just wasn’t as good as its rivals
Those at the lowest risk from Covid were the ones who suffered most from the vaccine