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2020 Nobel Prize in physics given to black hole researchers © Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.

2020 Nobel Prize in physics given to black hole researchers

Even a 'tiny patch of nature' in a front garden reduces stress and makes people happier © Lauriane Chalmin-Pui/RHS images/PA

Even a ‘tiny patch of nature’ in a front garden reduces stress and makes people happier

Discovery of the Hepatitis C virus wins 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine © Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.

Discovery of the Hepatitis C virus wins 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine

Pre-pandemic study shows more than half of us report wanting more physical contact © Getty Images

Pre-pandemic study shows more than half of us report wanting more physical contact

Human intestine with intestinal bacteria, 3D illustration

Medieval poo holds clues to health of modern-day gut microbiome

Megalodon shark was an absolute unit, scientists confirm © Warpaintcobra / Getty

Megalodon shark was an absolute unit, scientists confirm

New hearing aid that costs around 76p to make could help millions © Craig Bromley

New hearing aid that costs less than £1 to make could help millions

COVID-19: Loss of smell a 'highly reliable indicator' of virus © Getty Images

COVID-19: Loss of smell a ‘highly reliable indicator’ of infection

First-look data from the Solar Orbiter could reveal new 'wonders' about the Sun © ESA/Medialab

First-look data from the Solar Orbiter could reveal new ‘wonders’ about the Sun

Ancient galaxies caught in supermassive black hole's spider web © ESO/L Calçada/PA

Ancient galaxies caught in supermassive black hole’s spider web

Neanderthals lost their Y chromosome to modern humans © Iain Masterton / Getty

Neanderthals lost their Y chromosome to modern humans

COVID-19 is making its way into our nightmares, a study of lockdown dreams has found ©Getty Images

COVID-19 is making its way into our nightmares

Collision that led to existence of the Moon 'changed Earth's atmosphere' © NASA/Bill Ingalls

Earth lost 60 per cent of its atmosphere during asteroid impact thought to have created the Moon

UK's first hydrogen train to make its debut © University of Birmingham

UK’s first hydrogen train to make its debut

Lack of regulation in pet reptile trade could be putting thousands of species in peril, study finds © Getty Images

Lack of regulation in pet reptile trade could be putting thousands of species in peril, study finds