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Plumes of pollution from big factories can make it snow

Factory aerosols can transform the clouds above Getty Images/iStockphoto Plumes of pollution from large factories can trigger snowfall and leave

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How a single gopher restored a landscape devastated by a volcano

The northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) brings unexpected ecosystem benefits All Canada Photos/Alamy Two years after Mount St Helens erupted

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AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world

Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a

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Cancer deaths expected to nearly double worldwide by 2050

Breast cancer cells that have metastasised to the liver Connect Images / Alamy The number of cancer deaths worldwide is

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Bird flu infects a pig in the US, potentially raising risks to humans

Every time H5N1 infects a mammal, it has a chance to develop mutations that make it more transmissible Alamy Stock

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Is personalised nutrition better than one-size-fits-all diet advice?

Each of us has a different metabolic response to eating the same bread Matthew Ashmore/Alamy Consider two slices of bread,

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AI models fall for the same scams that we do

Scams can fool AI models Wong Yu Liang/Getty Images The large language models (LLMs) that power chatbots are increasingly being

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Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time

Compounds called pyrenes have been detected in the Taurus molecular cloud ESO A complex form of carbon crucial for life

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What to expect at the COP16 biodiversity summit

Countries are convening in Colombia to agree on wide-ranging targets to stem biodiversity loss and make a plan to pay

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Indestructible quantum rifts can exist in two places at once

An ion trap helped create a quantum defect in two places at once ANDREW BROOKES, NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY