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Microbes in our ancestors’ stomachs helped them adapt to new areas © Getty Images

Microbes in our ancestors’ stomachs helped them adapt to new areas

Jupiter-like exoplanet orbits its star in only 18 hours © University of Warwick/Mark Garlick/PA

Jupiter-like exoplanet orbits its star in only 18 hours

When bees can’t see, the humble bumble can make do with a fumble (Bees performing cross model object recognition test © Lars Chittka/Queen Mary University of London)

When bees can’t see, the humble bumble can make do with a fumble

5G and the Huawei controversy: is it about more than just security? © Getty Images

Reality Check Is the controversy around Huawei's 5G about more than just security?

Revolutionary new valve could save children from repeated open-heart surgery © Sophie C Hofferberth/Boston Children’s Hospital

Revolutionary new valve could save children from repeated open-heart surgery

Much more methane emitted from fossil fuels than previously thought - but this is actually good news © Getty Images

Much more methane emitted from fossil fuels than previously thought – but this is actually good news

Statins could reduce ovarian cancer risk by 40 per cent © Getty Images

Statins could reduce ovarian cancer risk by 40 per cent

‘Breakthrough in fertility’ after baby born from egg matured and frozen in lab © Getty Images

‘Breakthrough in fertility’ after baby born from egg matured and frozen in lab

Scotland-Northern Ireland bridge: doable, just “eye-wateringly expensive”

Scotland-Northern Ireland bridge Doable, just “eye-wateringly expensive”

Australian researchers develop 'British wealth proof' solar cells © Getty Images

Australian researchers develop ‘British-weatherproof’ solar cells

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos speaks after receiving the 2019 International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Excellence in Industry Award during the the 70th International Astronautical Congress at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC on October 22, 2019 © MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Amazon boss pledges $10bn of his $100bn+ fortune to tackle climate change

SETI begins search for 'technosignatures' in the hunt for alien life © Getty Images

SETI begins search for ‘technosignatures’ in the hunt for alien life

Seek and destroy: beneficial bacteria programmed to fight cancer © Getty Images

Seek and destroy: beneficial bacteria programmed to fight cancer

Sensitivity in brain region controlling vision could lead to migraines © Getty Images

The cause of migraines could be in sight (quite literally)

Climate change declared 'emergency' by 11,000 scientists © Rui Vieira/PA

Last month was world’s hottest January on record