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Miniature T-1000-style robot can shape shift between liquid and solid states

A crab robot positioned next to the eye of a needle.

World’s smallest remote-controlled robot medic could one day crawl through your arteries

’Parachuting’ salamanders move their bodies like skydivers ©Christian Brown

‘Parachuting’ salamanders move their bodies like skydivers

A goldfish in a tank of water sits atop a base with four wheels.

Scientists taught a goldfish to drive a car, and the research could one day help astronauts in space

Beethoven’s unfinished 10th symphony completed by an AI © Deutsche Telekom

How an AI finished Beethoven’s last symphony and what that means for the future of music

Microfauna in a termite gut © Fabian J Weston / 2021 Small World in Motion Competition

Mesmerising microfauna in termite gut wins 2021 microscopic video competition

Scientists develop stretchy, self-healing, recyclable electronics © Alex Parrish, Virginia Tech

Scientists develop stretchy, self-healing, recyclable electronics

Watch: Solar Orbiter captures Sun's coronal mass ejection on camera © ESA/PA

Watch Solar Orbiter captures Sun's coronal mass ejection on camera

Rabbits that do handstands reveal why some animals can hop © Carneiro M et al., 2021, PLOS Genetics

Rabbits that do handstands reveal why some animals can hop

Video: Watch NASA's Perseverance rover land on Mars © NASA/PA

Video: Watch NASA’s Perseverance rover land on Mars

Palaeolithic musical instrument played for the first time in 17,000 years © Carole Fritz/Gilles Tosello

Palaeolithic musical instrument played for the first time in 17,000 years

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Sound of a 3000-year-old Egyptian mummy’s voice recreated thanks to 3D printing © Leeds Museum and Galleries/PA

Sound of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy’s voice recreated thanks to 3D printing

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Planet four times the size of its star discovered © University of Warwick/Mark Garlick/PA

Exoplanets Planet four times the size of its star discovered