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The significant haul of new worlds includes a potentially habitable 'super-Earth' with a rocky surface.
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Scientists are hoping to develop a mission to learn once and for all whether there is life on Europa.
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The unusual hue of certain tarantulas has been helping scientists develop vibrant new 3D-printed colors.
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The pruning of synaptic connections in the brain may be one of the primary reasons that we need sleep.
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The novel design takes its inspiration from the way bats fly rather than relying on spinning rotors.
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Scientists have found strong evidence of an ancient continent hidden deep beneath the Indian Ocean.
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Known as Saccorhytus, this tiny creature is the earliest known step on the evolutionary path of mankind.
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Scientists have developed a new testing method to aid in the hunt for extraterrestrial life forms.
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Scientists have succeeded in squeezing hydrogen to such an extreme that is has turned in to a metal.
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Scientists have moved the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock to two-and-a-half minutes to midnight.
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Scientists in Japan have shown that cats are just as good at memory tests as their canine counterparts.
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The impressive invention is reportedly around ten times as powerful as any other laser of its kind.
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Scientists are set to launch a new expedition to find out if the world's tallest mountain has shrunk.
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German scientists have developed a new type of super-strong adhesive that reacts to ultraviolet light.
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For the first time ever, researchers have succeeded in creating healthy organisms with synthetic DNA.
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Scientists have identified a form of synaesthesia that may affect more than one fifth of the population.
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Russian scientists have found evidence to suggest that the impact crater may predate the event itself.
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Scientists have warned that global sea levels could continue to rise over the coming decades.
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The rover has come across what scientists believe to be an iron-nickel meteorite on the Martian surface.
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The mind-controlled rodents could be commanded to hunt down and kill a target using simple light flashes.