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Scientists discover why people with IBS feel pain after eating © Getty Images

Scientists discover why people with IBS feel pain after eating

Electric eels team-up to zap their prey © Getty

Shocking behaviour: Electric eels team-up to zap their prey

Transplants of retinal cells could treat blindness © Su, Xinyi

Transplants of retinal cells could treat blindness

Hospitalised patients with COVID-19 have compromised gut microbiomes, study finds © Alamy

Hospitalised patients with COVID-19 have compromised gut microbiomes, study finds

Black holes and the multiverse could account for all dark matter, astronomers claim © Kavli IPMU

Black holes and the multiverse could account for all dark matter, astronomers claim

COVID-19 and the brain: Does the virus cause psychiatric problems? © Getty Images

COVID-19 and the brain: Does the virus cause psychiatric problems?

Megalodon sharks ate their siblings in the womb, new study suggests © Getty

Megalodon sharks ate their siblings in the womb, new study suggests

20 positive science news stories from 2020 © NASA/JPL

20 moments in science to make you feel better about 2020

Follow Father Christmas around the globe this Christmas Eve with NORAD’s Santa Tracker © Getty

Follow Father Christmas around the globe this Christmas Eve with NORAD’s Santa Tracker

Artist’s Impression of Exoplanet. © ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

Discovery of exoplanet’s bizarre orbit may help us track down Planet Nine

Dogs’ brains process words like a one-year-old child © Vivien Reicher

Your dog’s brain understands words like a one-year-old child

Your very first breath kickstarts life-changing support system, mice study finds © Getty Images

Your very first breath kickstarts life-changing support system, mice study finds

Gravitational waves point to primordial black holes © Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images

New technique could uncover gravitational echoes of the Big Bang

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

An eye for an AI: Optic device mimics human retina

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