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4.5-billion-year-old hibonite crystals have shed new light on the earliest days of the Solar System © Field Museum/NASA/ESA/University of Chicago

Crystals trapped in meteorites reveal the Sun’s violent past

Could virtual reality be useful in treating anxiety disorders? © Getty Images

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How virtual reality is used in treating anxiety disorders

Close up of Common treeshrew(Tupaia glis) in forest of Thailand © Getty Images

Tree shrews’ taste for spicy foods explained

Eastern gorillas have seen a dramatic decrease in population © Piper Mackay/Getty Images

Great ape species facing extinction

© Christian Penaloza

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Two arms good, three arms better

Young Leopard gecko in front of a white background © Getty Images

Geckos that can regenerate damaged parts of their brains could help heal humans

Asteroid Ryugu from an altitude of 6km. Image was captured with the Optical Navigation Camera - Telescopic (ONC-T) on July 20, 2018 at around 16:00 JST © JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST.

Japanese space probe takes stunning snaps of asteroid

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X-rays reach new dimensions

A firefighter sprays water during a forest fire in the village of Kalamos. (Photo by Christos Ntountoumis/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

What has been causing 2018’s summer heatwave?

Water on Mars. Computer artwork looking east over water in Melas Chasma canyon at sunrise on Mars 3.5 billion years ago. Mars is now a desert world, but erosion features seen on Mars today suggest that water once flowed there. The water was lost due to the thin Martian atmosphere and weak gravity. Melas Chasma canyon is part of Valles Marineris, an enormous crack in the Martian crust hundreds of kilometres wide and thousands of kilometres long. The topography of this artwork was drawn with Terragen software, using data from the laser altimeter on the Mars Global Surveyor probe.

How we discovered liquid water on Mars

Monkey eating vegetable © Getty Images

Planned and immediate movements are processed differently by the brain

Secret to parrots’ intelligence found © Getty Images

Secret to parrots’ intelligence found

Beer ‘tastes better’ with music © iStock

Beer ‘tastes better’ with music

Billy Caldwell looks out of a hotel window on his return to Belfast on July 5, 2018 in Belfast, Northern Ireland © Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Cannabis oil: what is it and can it really be made into medicine?