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Octopuses high on MDMA become touchy-feely

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Net successfully snares space junk in practice run

An X-ray of the epidural implant that provides electrical stimulation to patients with spinal cord injuries © University of Louisville Hospital

Implants help paralysed patients walk again

How we'll leave Earth for good © dusk/folio art

How we’ll leave Earth for good

Charles Conway, MD, holds a vagus nerve stimulation device, which is implanted in research participants to treat depression on June 22, 2018. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Nerve stimulation treatment for depression offers new hope

Beluga whales and narwhals go through menopause © Getty Images

Beluga whales and narwhals go through menopause

Eating insects is good for your gut © Getty Images

Eating insects is good for your gut

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Everyday science

Scientists paint a mini Mona Lisa using GM bacteria

Medium-sized exoplanets may be mostly made of water © NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech

Medium-sized exoplanets may be mostly made of water

The bone fragments unearthed in Siberia in 2012 © T Higham/University of Oxford

Ancient Neanderthal-Denisovan hybrid unearthed in Siberian cave

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

Future Technology

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