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Pottery shards reveal ‘naughty pupils’ in ancient Egypt may have been forced to write lines as punishment

Independent - 14 February 2022

The fragments have notes inscribed with the same one or two characters each time

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Zoo fights to save species from extinction by cryogenically freezing genetic samples

Independent - 13 February 2022

Technique stores material from animals that are disappearing from Earth

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Meet Jonathan the tortoise, the world’s oldest land animal

Independent - 13 February 2022

At 190 years old, the tortoise who lives on St Helena is the oldest known living land animal, and he might even be older, according to his carer, writes Cathy Free

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One in three Americans have high levels of toxic weed-killing chemical in their bodies, new study finds

Independent - 11 February 2022

Human exposures to chemical is likely to increase even more in near future, scientists say

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‘Black Death’ may not have killed half of Europe as previously believed, study finds

Independent - 11 February 2022

Parts of Poland, the Baltic countries, and central Spain may have experienced ‘much lighter touch’ of pandemic

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Chalk drum from 5,000 years ago is ‘most important art find’ in a century

Independent - 11 February 2022

Sculpture suggests artistic styles and ideas spanned huge distances even 5,000 years ago

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Plants are flowering earlier: what does this mean for pollinating insects?

Independent - 10 February 2022

The climate crisis is throwing our plants and pollinators out of sync, explain Chris Wyver and Laura Reeves

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The Earth following an asteroid could be good news for space missions

Independent - 10 February 2022

Could such asteroids be used as handy bases or staging posts for further exploration of the solar system? Asks David Rothery

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Scientists set energy output record after creating ‘mini star’ in reactor

Independent - 9 February 2022

UK-based JET reactor produced 59 megajoules of energy during a five-second burst of nuclear fusion

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Why do birds sing in the morning, and does anything eat bees?

Independent - 9 February 2022

We explore the curious questions that science can answer

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Germany ranks as the worst G10 nation for real wage growth with UK sitting mid-table

Government needs to take action as 80% of UK drivers won’t buy electric vehicles due to rise in electricity costs

EverCraft Ecotechnologies creates future market with innovative solution from ecoCNTs

Unilever raises full-year sales forecasts after price hike

What is an after dinner speaker and what do they do

Germany ranks as the worst G10 nation for real wage growth with UK sitting mid-table

Government needs to take action as 80% of UK drivers won’t buy electric vehicles due to rise in electricity costs

EverCraft Ecotechnologies creates future market with innovative solution from ecoCNTs

Unilever raises full-year sales forecasts after price hike

What is an after dinner speaker and what do they do

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