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Chimpanzee gestures ape features of human language © Dr Catherine Hobaiter

Chimpanzee gestures ape features of human language

© NASA

Birth of a black hole witnessed for first time

Screen time can delay development in children © Getty images

Screen time can delay development in children

Flying squirrels glow pink in UV © A. M. Kohler et al

Flying squirrels glow pink in UV

Medical detection dogs can sniff out diabetes © Shutterstock

Medical detection dogs can sniff out diabetes

'Star Trek replicator' uses light to create 3D objects in minutes © Hayden Taylor

‘Star Trek replicator’ uses light to create 3D objects in minutes

'Tumour monorail' on the fast track for human trials © Alamy'Tumour monorail' on the fast track for human trials © Alamy

‘Tumour monorail’ on the fast track for human trials

© Roberto Molar Candanosa/Carnegie Institution for Science

Farout "We discovered the most distant object ever observed in our Solar System"

Rodents change their vocalisations depending on their mood and who they're speaking to © Jelger Herder/Minden Pictures/FLPA

Artificial intelligence used to decode rodent chitchat

Are you a super pooper? © Getty Images

Are you a super pooper?

© Getty Images

AI technology could turn thoughts into speech

GM-chickens lay eggs rich with cancer-killing proteins © Getty Images

GM chickens lay eggs rich with cancer-killing proteins

Astronomers spotted gaps in the dusty discs around stars that can only be filled by planets © ESA

Cluster of ‘super-Earths’ found hiding in dust

Recently discovered remains of the extinct Thylacoleo carnifex have forced a rethink of the marsupial lion’s biomechanics © Getty

Skeleton of Australia’s marsupial lion rebuilt