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Was SpaceX's first attempt to launch its Starship rocket a failure?

The huge Starship rocket made its first launch attempt on 20 April, but blew up shortly after – while the mission wasn’t a complete failure, it might be a while before we see it try to get to space again

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Mosquito-proof fabric blocks bites without sacrificing comfort

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Electromagnetic fields from power lines are messing with honeybees

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AI can work out how quantum computers stack up to one another

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A pair of the parasitic water-borne worms Schistosoma mansoni

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We now know how parasitic worms help ward off obesity and diabetes

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Which countries will do well at Eurovision 2023 – according to science

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What is the future of AI? Google and the EU have very different ideas

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Chaotically shifting planets could be a sign of advanced aliens

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Having naturally high vitamin D levels may protect against psoriasis

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Astronomers have spotted the biggest cosmic explosion ever seen

The most powerful explosion ever seen seems to come from a supermassive black hole devouring a colossal cloud of gas, blasting out enormous amounts of energy as it eats

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Mysterious sounds in stratosphere can't be traced to any known source

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A distant supernova defies our understanding of the cosmos’s expansion

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Hammerhead sharks clamp their gills shut to stay warm on deep dives

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Bigger butterflies may cope better with climate change

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