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If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up a drastic ...

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A comprehensive study exploring coffee’s physiological effects finds that some of its benefits are down to polyphenols and ...

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A device made using a tiny bead floating in a beam of light can measure extremely small pressures and could help find a ...

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