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    In this week’s issue: Neuroscience is finally helping to understand anorexia’s grip on the brain, a hidden population of moons reveal our solar system's violent history and how to distinguish between typical brain ageing and cognitive decline. Grab a copy in shops now or
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    A robot made of magnetic slime could be deployed inside the body to perform tasks such as retrieving objects swallowed by accident. newscientist.com/article/231439…
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    Finland’s two-year test of universal basic income concluded that it doesn't seem to disincentivise working, and benefits recipients’ mental and financial wellbeing bit.ly/32k19J8
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    Apr 11, 2024
    Scientists have discovered around a hundred new ocean species in Bounty Trough, an oceanic rift off New Zealand's south island 🪸
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    May 7, 2020
    Finland’s two-year test of universal basic income has concluded that it doesn't seem to disincentivise working, and benefits recipients’ mental and financial wellbeing bit.ly/2zi5D8d
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    Jul 20, 2022
    This red dot is the oldest galaxy we've ever seen! The latest data from the James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers find the galaxy, which dates back to just 300 million years after the big bang newscientist.com/article/232960…
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    Oct 10, 2018
    Moons can have moons and they are called moonmoons bit.ly/2CABDF4
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    Jul 27, 2018
    A new shape called the scutoid has been discovered in our cells bit.ly/2Om5CDe
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    Feb 17, 2019
    Blasts from the past: NASA's incredible photo archives capture 60 years of space travel bit.ly/2SRXVK1
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    Oct 22, 2019
    Scientists have trained rats to drive tiny cars to collect food ow.ly/GWUQ50wRaI6
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    The galaxy, known as GLASS-z13, has broken the record for the oldest galaxy ever observed by nearly 100 million years!
    Galaxy GLASS-z13
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    Apr 10, 2019
    Here's the first ever picture of a black hole, just released from the Event Horizon Telescope. #EHTBlackhole (Credit: EHT Collaboration).
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    Nov 2, 2017
    Cosmic rays have revealed a new chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid newscienti.st/2zduHv2
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    Jan 2, 2021
    Nuclear fusion made important progress in 2020, but the technology is still decades away bit.ly/38hRA0c