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How dangerous is Nasa’s plan to destroy the International Space Station?

Independent - 24 February 2022

Originally commissioned for a 15-year lifespan, the ISS is outliving all expectations, but eventually what went up will have to come down, writes Heather Muir

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Treating wounds may not be uniquely human – chimpanzees do it too

Independent - 24 February 2022

Chimpanzees have been observed treating each other’s wounds, but what does this mean? Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart explain

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Asteroid which killed dinosaurs ‘struck Earth during spring’

Independent - 23 February 2022

Fossils of fish helped to show when the astroid might have hit

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‘Altruistic’ magpies help each other remove tracking devices, leave scientists stunned

Independent - 23 February 2022

Scientists say they didn’t expect birds to target specific weakness and team up to get rid of device

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Life really does flash before our eyes at point of death, landmark study suggests

Independent - 23 February 2022

First-of-a-kind brain scans of dying man indicate he may have been making ‘last recall of life’, scientists say

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

Independent - 22 February 2022

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

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People infected with Omicron unlikely to catch BA.2 shortly afterward, study suggests

Independent - 22 February 2022

Reinfections of BA.2 disproportionately affect unvaccinated people, researchers say

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Haskap berry can boost endurance runners’ performance by ‘game-changing’ levels, study says

Independent - 22 February 2022

Overall time of runners who consumed berry improved by 20 seconds, study finds

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Flies have more sophisticated cognitive abilities than previously thought, study finds

Independent - 18 February 2022

Study throws light on formation, distractibility, and eventual fading of a memory trace in fly’s brain

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Study finds how lizard tails are sturdy at regular times but detach easily when needed

Independent - 18 February 2022

Findings may lead to novel designs to solve adhesion challenges in robotics and prosthetics

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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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