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Under the right conditions, soft sponge tissue made from spongin fibres can create a distinctive fossil. (Elizabeth C. Turner), Author provided
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A new fossil discovery may add hundreds of millions of years to the evolutionary history of animals

While Covid-19 jabs are new researchers have been working on messenger RNA technology for decades. Photo :AFP
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From Covid to cancer: High hopes for 'versatile' mRNA

Artwork: Lucy is just one in a series of Nasa missions to the Solar System's asteroids. Photo : NASA/BBC
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NASA to launch Lucy probe to investigate Jupiter asteroids

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SAU teacher develops fish vaccine, first of its kind in Bangladesh

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Germany unveils first self-driving train

The images from Mars reveal how water helped shape the Red Planet's landscape billions of years ago, providing clues that will guide the search for evidence of ancient life, a study said. (Photo via Nasa)
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Signs of life on Mars? Nasa's Perseverence rover gets images of ancient river delta

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Why basic science matters for economic growth

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Nobel Prize: How chili peppers helped researchers uncover how humans feel pain

The new ctenophore fossil, Daihuoides jakobvintheri, was found in the fine sediments from Miguasha cliffs along the Restigouche River in the Gaspé Peninsula, eastern Québec. (Johanne Kerr)
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Finding a rare fossilized comb jelly reveals new gaps in the fossil record

The first image of Mercury to be beamed back to Earth by the European space probe
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BepiColombo: Europe's mission to Mercury returns first picture

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90-year-old William Shatner set to be oldest person ever going into space

The team of engineers said that some of the micro fliers, which were created using computational modelling to allow a rapid design optimisation (Photo: Northwestern University)
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US engineers create ‘smallest-ever human-made flying structure’

The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashes down in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule off the coast of Kennedy Space Center, Florida, U.S. September 18, 2021. SpaceX/Handout via REUTERS
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SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew splashes down off Florida