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Venus has lava tubes, and they’re weird

We are learning more about Venus, the hot, high-pressure planet JSC/NASA We now know for sure that massive underground tunnels,

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Unforgeable quantum money can be stored in an ultracold ‘debit card’

A quantum version of a debit card could keep your money safe Globalimages101/Alamy A rudimentary quantum debit card that can

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Long covid may be making your periods longer and heavier

Planning for your period might be difficult if long covid has made it last longer SeventyFour Images / Alamy Long

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Jaguar breaks records by swimming at least 1.3 kilometres

Jaguars are known to be strong swimmers Matthias Graben/imageBROKER RF/Getty Images Camera traps show that an adult male jaguar swam

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DNA cassette tape can store every song ever recorded

The DNA cassette resembles music cassette tapes Jiankai Li et al. 2025 Retro cassette tapes may be making a comeback,

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Possible galaxy spotted by JWST could be the earliest we’ve ever seen

The possible galaxy in an image from the James Webb Space Telescope NASA, ESA, CSA, CEERS, G. Gandolfi Astronomers might

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Liquid crystal lenses could make better bifocal glasses

The first prototype of the liquid crystal bifocals Lin et al./APS 2025 Lenses made with liquid crystals could lead to

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Just 1 minute of vigorous exercise a day could add years to your life

Exercise doesn’t have to last long to deliver big benefits SOL STOCK LTD If you don’t exercise for the sake

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Bespoke brain implant gives long-term relief from chronic pain

Deep brain stimulation is already used to treat Parkinson’s disease Living Art Enterprises/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A brain implant that detects

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Thylacine’s genome provides clues about why it went extinct

Thylacines were once found throughout Australia and New Guinea Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images The loss of crucial genes over millions of