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Brain scan study reveals how dogs respond to language © Gregory Berns/Emory University

Brain scan study reveals how dogs respond to language

Getting into a ‘flow’ state while playing Tetris can help to combat anxiety © Getty Images

Getting into a ‘flow’ state while playing Tetris can help to combat anxiety

Defect-free Mice born from same-sex parents © Leyun Wang

Defect-free mice born from same-sex parents

Odd moves provide clues to exomoon’s presence © Dan Durda

Odd moves provide clues to exomoon’s presence

Short periods of sleep might enhance aspects of memory and thinking © Getty Images

Short periods of sleep might enhance aspects of memory and thinking

View on a muddy Mars, with a wet atmosphere. © Getty Images

Mars may have enough oxygen to support subterranean life

An Archaeopteryx on a log above a stream © Getty Images

Dinosaur fossil could be the world’s first-ever bird species

The AI was shown a microscope slide containing lymph nodes (left), and it was able to correctly identify the tumorous region by highlighting it in red (right) © Naval Medical Center San Diego

Google AI better than doctors at detecting breast cancer

How will Brexit will affect scientific research? © Getty Images

How will Brexit affect scientific research?

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Oldest known drawing found in South African rock

Bonnethead shark (Sphyrna tiburo) Seaquarium du Grau du Roi, France © Getty Images

First ever omnivorous sharks identified

Bone (yellow), cartilage (blue) and marrow (red) are all present in a single stem cell derived from a human skeleton © Chan and Longaker et al

Newly identified stem cells could regrow bones

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya crosses the finishing line to win the Berlin Marathon 2018 in a new world record time of 2:01:40 hours (later officially annouced by organisers to be 2:01:39) on September 16, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Potential endurance running gene discovered

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