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Tumours in Tasmanian devils could reveal new immunotherapy cancer treatments © Getty Images

Tumours in Tasmanian devils could reveal new immunotherapy cancer treatments

Members of new crocodile species identified in zoological park © American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Members of new crocodile species identified in zoo

Ancient baby bottles hold clues to prehistoric diet © Enver-Hirsch/Wien Museum

Ancient baby bottles hold clues to prehistoric diet

Washing laundry on a delicate cycle releases more plastic microfibres into the ocean © Owen Humphreys/PA

Washing laundry on a delicate cycle releases more plastic microfibres into the ocean

Tim Peake: finding even a single cell on Mars would be “hugely significant” (Joe Giddens:PA)

Tim Peake: finding even a single cell on Mars would be “hugely significant”

Urine test for pancreatic cancer could raise five-year survival rates to 60 per cent © Getty Images

Urine test for pancreatic cancer could raise five-year survival rates to 60 per cent

Jackdaws learn from each other which humans are dangerous © Guill McIvor/University of Exeter

Jackdaws learn from each other which humans are dangerous

Climate change: extreme weather events could occur every year by 2050 (Waves crash over Newhaven Lighthouse on the south coast of England on October 21, 2017 as Storm Brian hits the country © GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images)

Climate change Extreme weather events could occur every year by 2050

MDMA therapy shows promise in treating alcohol misuse © Getty Images

Interview MDMA therapy shows promise in treating alcohol misuse

Depression 30 per cent more likely in school year's youngest students © Getty Images

Depression 30 per cent more likely in school year’s youngest students

Climate change: "To stop a global temperature increase ... the level of ambition needs to be tripled" (Protesters march and hold placards as they attend the Global Climate Strike on 20 September 2019 in Edinburgh © Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Triple the level of ambition to slow climate change, experts warn

Cancer cells cannibalise healthy cells after chemotherapy © Tonnessen-Murray et al., 2019

Cancer cells cannibalise nearby cells after chemotherapy

Ancient human species recreated from DNA © Maayan Harel

Ancient human species recreated from DNA

Giant asteroid collision in outer space kicked off ancient ice age © Don Davis, Southwest Research Institute

Giant asteroid collision in outer space kicked off ancient ice age

Changes in walking could diagnose dementia types © Kirsty O’Connor/PA

Changes in walking could diagnose dementia types