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Can you solve it? This TV show is flipping brilliant!
silverguide.site – A probability puzzle…
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Starwatch: Waning crescent moon pairs up with the Seven Sisters
silverguide.site – Cluster might look like a mini version of the Plough unless you grab your binoculars…
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Majority of UK smokers wrongly believe vaping is as harmful as cigarettes, experts find
silverguide.site – Analysis shows public understanding about vaping, which is far less harmful than smoking, has plummeted in past decade…
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Sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time linked to higher risk of cancer death
silverguide.site – Study suggests even light activity such as ironing could reduce health risks linked to prolonged sedentary behaviour…
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‘Beautiful blobs’: synthetic life a step closer as scientists make cells using lab-made DNA
silverguide.site – Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel…
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People with strong chest and back less likely to have a heart attack, analysis suggests
silverguide.site – Researchers suspect people with greater muscle density in torso area, who are also less likely to die prematurely, are those who exercise more…
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Tiny Antarctic sea creature could be key to treating melanoma, researchers say
silverguide.site – Underwater expedition by Florida-based team supports possible therapeutic use of bacterial toxins from sea squirts…
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Starwatch: Ophiuchus the serpent bearer, straddling the celestial equator
silverguide.site – Spot this large constellation with differing classical backstories as moon sits squarely in ‘teapot’ of Sagittarius…
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What if doing more isn’t always the answer?
silverguide.site – It’s tempting to treat overwhelm with clever fixes – but that might be part of the problem…
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Look what literally landed: more pointless words that we use | Letters
silverguide.site – Letters: Readers on the superfluous words they love to hate…
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A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong
silverguide.site – Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures…
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Nasa rover detects potential signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars
silverguide.site – Perseverance identifies organic carbon molecules in rocks on riverbed that carried water billions of years ago…
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Millions of stars light up largest and most detailed shot of Milky Way’s centre
silverguide.site – The glittering image, taken by the European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope, heralds a new age of planetary discovery…
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Could mountains be key to unlocking hydrogen’s potential?
silverguide.site – Researchers assessed likelihood gas was produced during creation of Alps, Pyrenees and Baetic mountains…
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Paraquat will continue to be used in Australia despite 70 countries banning weedkiller over Parkinson’s disease fears
silverguide.site – Herbicide manufacturer Sygenta had reservations dating back to 1970s but regulator says tighter controls, including phasing out backpack sprayers, can protect workers…
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Starwatch: how to spot Hercules the hero, jewel of the summer skies
silverguide.site – Search for lopsided body and limbs of constellation between bright stars Vega and Arcturus…
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Graham Clarke obituary
silverguide.site – Other lives: Academic and author who specialised in the works of the psychoanalyst Ronald Fairbairn…
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Pointless words that litter our language are, like, so unnecessary | Letters
silverguide.site – Letters: Readers reflect on Louis de Bernières’s dislike of imprecise and redundant speech…
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‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
silverguide.site – Guardian readers in the US share concerns about how the SpaceX IPO and AI boom affect their retirement accounts…
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Ancient DNA provides evidence of earliest known plague outbreak
silverguide.site – Discovery in Siberia suggests bacterium from raw marmots devastated hunter-gatherer tribes about 5,500 years ago…
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