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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

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First breathtaking images from Euclid telescope’s map of the universe

The interaction between two distant galaxies, captured by Euclid ESA A mosaic of images from the European Space Agency’s Euclid

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Hospital hit by Hurricane Milton gets system to grab water from air

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital was hit by Hurricane Milton earlier this week Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Wire/Alamy A children’s

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Weight-loss drugs lower impulse to eat – and perhaps to exercise too

Weight-loss drugs might make people less inclined to exercise Me 3645 Studio/Getty Images Semaglutide – the drug in medications like

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MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what went wrong?

MDMA has long been used recreationally but it has faced obstacles getting approved for medical therapies Shutterstock / Couperfield “The

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Qianfan: China’s answer to SpaceX’s Starlink mega constellation is also threatening astronomy

An artist’s impression of the Qianfan satellite mega constellation CCTV China has begun construction of a mega constellation that will

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Here’s how coral reefs might survive hotter, more acidic oceans

Coral after an episode of bleaching fadhlanbr/Shutterstock Coral reefs may be more capable of adapting to hotter and more acidic

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Map of the immune system changing with age may help optimise vaccines

The map of the immune system, with each dot representing an immune cell and dots of the same colour belonging