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'Off-switch' for pain found in mice brains © Fan Wang Lab - Duke University

‘Off-switch’ for pain found in mice brains

Mysterious Martian landforms made by mud, not lava © Petr Brož (Czech Academy of Sciences)

Mysterious Martian landforms made by mud, not lava

Global temperature rise must be kept under 2°C to protect tropical forests © Dr Lindsay F. Banin / PA

Global temperature rise must be kept under 2°C to protect tropical forests

Corals produce 'dazzling' neon colours to protect themselves from bleaching © Getty Images

Corals produce ‘dazzling’ neon colours to protect themselves from bleaching

Feel-good Friday: Positive news from the world of science and tech © Getty Images

Feel-good Friday: Positive news from the world of science and tech – 22 May 2020

Astronomers spot first direct evidence of planet forming © Boccaletti et al/ESO/PA

Astronomers spot first direct evidence of planet forming

Successful space rocket test first in UK for a generation © Skyrora/PA

Successful space rocket test first in UK for a generation

Washing your hands six to 10 times a day could lower coronavirus risk © Getty Images

Washing your hands six to 10 times a day could lower coronavirus risk

Coronavirus in saliva could travel more than 5m in a 'slight breeze' © Mike Hewitt

Coronavirus in saliva could travel more than 5m in a ‘slight breeze’

Post-lockdown walking or cycling to work could reduce risk of early death © Getty Images

Post-lockdown walking or cycling commute could reduce risk of early death

Coronavirus vaccine: experimental drug 'trains immune system' to fight COVID-19 © Getty Images

Coronavirus vaccine Experimental drug 'trains immune system' against COVID-19

Regular yoga practice may reduce symptoms of depression © Getty Images

Regular yoga practice may reduce symptoms of depression

Oxford coronavirus trials: here's what we know so far about the COVID-19 vaccine © Andrew Brookes / Getty Images

Oxford coronavirus trials: here’s what we know so far about the COVID-19 vaccine

Re-introduce insects to cities to help urban birds, scientists say © Getty Images

Re-introduce insects to cities to help urban birds, scientists say

The wrong time to be fifty: middle-aged people are more stressed in the 21st Century © Getty Images

The wrong time to be fifty: middle-aged people are more stressed in the 21st Century