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The crossover point: Amount of human-made items on Earth will soon outweigh all living biomass © Getty Images

Amount of human-made items on Earth will soon outweigh all living biomass

Jurassic 'sea dragon' reptile discovered on UK beach © gan Jacobs/University of Portsmouth

Jurassic ‘sea dragon’ discovered on UK beach

An eye for an AI: Optic device mimics human retina © Getty Images

An eye for an AI: Optic device mimics human retina

COVID-19: Is the virus mutating? © NIAID Integrated Research Facility, Fort Detrick, Maryland

Reality Check Is the COVID-19 virus mutating?

Most in-depth sunspot image to date captured by new solar telescope © NSO/AURA/NSF

Most detailed sunspot image to date captured by new solar telescope

COVID-19: Vaccine doses 'will arrive before Brexit' © Yui Mok/PA

COVID-19 All available vaccine doses made in Europe ‘will arrive before Brexit’

Avonmouth explosion: What are biosolids and did they cause it? © Ben Birchall/PA

Avonmouth explosion: What are biosolids and did they cause it?

Rivers carry plastic waste thousands of kilometres in just a few months © Sara Hylton/NGS

Sea spreads plastic waste thousands of kilometres from source in just months

Real-life very hungry caterpillars will turn incredibly violent © Getty Images

Real-life very hungry caterpillars aren’t adorable but incredibly violent

The future of fitness is scented, according to a study in mice © Getty Images

Your nose could be the key to getting fit, a study in mice suggests

Everything you need to know about the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine © BioNTech/PA

Everything you need to know about the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

A pair of African crested rats © Stephanie Higgins

African crested rat The rabbit-sized rodent with poisonous fur

Ancient megaflood hints of possibility of life on Mars © NASA/JPL

Ancient megaflood hints at possibility of life on Mars

Rapid COVID-19 test identifies up to 100 per cent of positive cases © Getty Images

20-minute COVID-19 test highly effective, trials suggest

Mountain Hare Lepus timidus
A confiding adult, high in the Cairngorms mountains, forms the shape of a ball as it grooms
Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK

Wildlife Photographer of the Year launches People’s Choice Award