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Jaguar breaks records by swimming at least 1.3 kilometres
A 1.3-kilometre swim by a jaguar is the longest ever confirmed, but the cat's motives for making the journey are unclear
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Child obesity is now more common than undernutrition – what do we do?
Childhood obesity rates have surpassed those of undernutrition for the first time, suggesting efforts to combat malnutrition will have to shift gears.
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Hedonistic habits could turn you into a mosquito magnet
A study of festivalgoers suggests that drinking beer and sharing a bed makes you more attractive to mosquitoes
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Jupiter is smaller and more squashed than we thought
The gas giant has been measured for the first time in decades, trimming 8 kilometres from its diameter
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A weird cloud forms on Mars each year and now we know why
Astronomers have struggled to explain why a long and thin cloud forms above Mars’s Arsia Mons volcano each year, until now
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Early Neanderthals hunted ibex on steep mountain slopes
Ancient remains from a cave in Serbia show that Neanderthals were hunting mountain goats 300,000 years ago, adding to evidence of their ability to adapt to different environments
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Why simple tasks like charging your phone rely on quantum measurements
A hidden world of quantum metrologists ensure that everyday devices perform safely and correctly, but their work is never done
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Britain's economy thrived after the withdrawal of the Roman Empire
An archaeological dig in northern England shows iron and lead processing continued and even increased after the departure of the Romans
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Deflecting a deadly asteroid just got a lot less dangerous
Our first attempt at shifting the orbit of an asteroid has provided crucial insight into how we could safely deflect a space rock that was hurtling towards Earth
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DNA cassette tape can store every song ever recorded
By combining the information storage capabilities of DNA with a design inspired by a cassette tape, researchers have created a storage medium that can hold 36 petabytes of data