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US government releases huge batch of UFO files

The US Department of Defense has released hundreds of documents and photographs related to UFOs, some of which have been declassified, in the first of many drops to come

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Environment

There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise

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Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft snapped pictures of the asteroid Ryugu while flying alongside it two years ago. The spacecraft later returned rock samples from the asteroid to Earth.

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The asteroid Ryugu has all of the main ingredients for life

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare on Oct. 2, 2014. The solar flare is the bright flash of light on the right limb of the sun. A burst of solar material erupting out into space can be seen just below it. Full 4k full-disk view. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11670/

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SETI may have missed alien signals because of space weather

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Chemistry clues could detect aliens unlike any life on Earth

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Environment

Sea levels around the world are much higher than we thought

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Person looking up at starry night at Spiral Jetty, USA. Provider: Alamy Stock Photo Source: www.alamy.com Copyright: Celestine Dagli/Alamy

Physics

Would aliens do physics, or is science a human invention?

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Search for radio signals finds no hint of alien civilisation on K2-18b

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Weird and wonderful fungi should be so much more than sci-fi villains

Life

Weird and wonderful fungi should be so much more than sci-fi villains

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MB05RG Oysters and champagne with lemon wedge and mignette dressing on white plate on blue distressed vintage table.

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New ��ý recommends The Big Oyster: History on the half shell

The books, TV, games and more that New ��ý staff have enjoyed this week

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Chemistry

RNA strand that can almost self-replicate may be key to life's origins

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Mind

How teaching molecules to think is revealing what a 'mind' really is

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Space

Was 2025 the year we found signs of past life on Mars?

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Space

The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

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