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The K factor: Nevermind R, here’s the number we need to understand © Getty Images

The K factor: Nevermind R, here’s the number we need to understand

Tim Peake's space seeds grow slower when back on planet Earth (Timothy Peake with space seeds on the ISS © ESA/Nasa)

Living at low gravity could alter your DNA, suggests study of worms in space

DeepMind AI cracks 50-year-old problem that could revolutionise the way we treat disease ©DeepMind/PA)

DeepMind AI cracks 50-year-old problem that could revolutionise the way we treat disease

Ancient Madagascan bird fossil had a dinosaur bone structure but a modern face © Mark Witton

Madagascan fossil ‘turns bird evolutionary anatomy on its head’

NHS to trial blood test that detects over 50 early-stage cancers © Getty Images

NHS to trial blood test that detects over 50 early-stage cancers

30 minutes of exercise a day could counter risks of prolonged sitting © Getty Images

30 minutes of exercise a day could counter risks of prolonged sitting

COVID-19 Christmas rules: 'Benefits justify the risks', expert claims © Getty Images

COVID-19 Christmas rules 'Benefits justify the risks', expert claims

COVID vaccine UK: everything you need to know about the new coronavirus jabs © Getty

Coronavirus vaccines All you need to know

Ireland’s first-ever dinosaurs discovered © Getty Images

Ireland’s first-ever dinosaurs discovered

COVID-19: Tier 4 may be required in hardest hit areas © Getty Images

COVID-19 Tier 4 may be required in hardest hit areas

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Los moldes de yeso de lo que se cree eran un hombre rico y su esclavo que huían de la erupción del volcán Vesuvio hace casi 2.000 años se ven en lo que era una finca elegante en las afueras de la antigua ciudad romana de Pompeya, destruida por la erupción de 79 d.C. Excavaciones recientes los sacaron a la luz, dijeron autoridades del parque arqueológico el sábado 21 de noviembre de 2020
ITALIA-POMPEYA CADAVERES ANTIGUOS, Pompeii, Italy - 19 Nov 2020

Incredibly preserved bodies of two men discovered in Pompeii

AstraZeneca/Oxford: How long until we can be vaccinated? © Sean Elias/PA

AstraZeneca/Oxford How long until we can be vaccinated?

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Blizzard in Brooklyn wins Royal Met’s top photography prize

ESA's Philae lander on the comet 67P © Getty Images

Building blocks of life can form in interstellar clouds through ‘dark chemistry’

Dogs perceive their owners' preferences (but do their own thing anyway) © Getty Images

Dogs perceive their owners’ preferences (but do their own thing anyway)