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How do I see the rare Halloween blue Moon? © Getty Images

How do I see the rare Halloween blue Moon?

Self-driving cars trials launch on Oxford roads © PA News

Self-driving car trial launched on Oxford roads

Ancient canine DNA reveals diversity of Ice Age dogs © Getty Images

Ancient canine DNA reveals diversity of Ice Age dogs

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

Epigenetic clock can predict the human brain's biological age © Getty Images

Epigenetic clock can predict the human brain’s biological age

Microscopic tubes of gold could be used to treat cancer © Getty Images

Microscopic gold tubes could improve treatment for asbestos-related cancers

Vampire bats 'social distance' out in the wild when feeling ill © Getty Images

Vampire bats ‘social distance’ out in the wild when feeling ill

COVID-19: Public immunity “waning quite rapidly” as less than 5 per cent have antibodies

COVID-19: Public immunity “waning quite rapidly” as fewer than 5 per cent have antibodies

Water discovered on the surface of the Moon could provide supplies for a lunar base ©PA News

Water pockets found on the Moon could quench future astronauts’ thirst

Ageing chimpanzees choose old friends over new connections © Getty Images

Ageing chimpanzees choose old friends over new connections

Nutrient found in tea, dark chocolate and apples could lower blood pressure © Getty Images

Nutrient found in tea, red wine and apples could lower blood pressure

The palm weevil a rusty red colour Weevil larvae can excavate holes in the trunk of a palm trees up to a metre long thereby weakening and eventually killing the host plant

Boxing Weevil scoops top Bug Photography Prize

Bat-winged dinosaurs could only 'glide clumsily between the trees' © Gabriel Ugueto/Cell Press

Bat-winged dinosaurs could only ‘glide clumsily between the trees’

Key language ability 'existed in ancient primate ancestors' © Getty Images

Key language ability ‘existed in ancient primate ancestors’

Source of near-indestructible beetle’s toughness discovered © David Kisailus / UCI

Source of near-indestructible beetle’s toughness discovered