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  Why your house might be too clean - video https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2026/sep/29/why-your-house-might-be-too-clean-video #Hygiene #Science

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  ‘Godzilla’ of weight-loss drugs could provide other important health benefits https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/29/retatrutide-godzilla-of-weight-loss-drugs-other-health-benefits #WeightlossDrugs #Science #Health #Drugs

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  Can a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungi https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/30/exeter-devon-exhibition-fungi-mushrooms-living-labyrinths-ramm #Fungi #Biology #Science #Art #ArtAndDesign #UkNews #BeatrixPotter

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  Do you want help from humans or AI bots? Because the UK civil service is changing – and not for the better | The civil servant https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/30/humans-or-ai-bots-uk-civil-service #UkNews #CivilService #Politics #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Science #TechnologyPolicy

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  All of a flutter: how butterflies avoid being a predator’s lunch https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/30/how-butterflies-avoid-being-eaten-by-predators-wildlife-insects #AnimalBehaviour #Butterflies #Science

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  The incredible science of memory manipulation – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2026/oct/01/science-of-memory-manipulation-podcast #Science #Memory #Neuroscience #RoyalSocietyPrizesForScienceBooks #Books #Culture

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  Thursday briefing: The long, long wait for a male contraceptive pill may soon be over https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/thursday-briefing-the-long-long-wait-for-a-male-contraceptive-pill-may-soon-be-over #SexualHealth #MedicalResearch #ContraceptionAndFamilyPlanning #Health #Science

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  I went to America’s largest gathering of astrologers. It was a battle over how to read the stars https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/oct/01/united-astrology-conference #HistoryOfScience #Space #Science #Religion #UsNews #Chicago #Illinois #Business

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  SpaceX launches crew to ISS successfully: ‘Thanks for an amazing ride’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/spacex-nasa-watkins-launch #Florida #Nasa #Spacex #UsNews #Space

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  SpaceX flight led by first Black female commander sets US speed record https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/01/spacex-speed-record-first-black-female-commander #Spacex #InternationalSpaceStation #Women #Space #UsNews #Society

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  Nitrite-free bacon sales boom in UK amid fears over curing chemicals https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/oct/03/nitrite-free-bacon-sales-consumers-health-risks #Meat #Food #Health #Society #RetailIndustry #Supermarkets #Nutrition #Business #Waitrose #Science #MedicalResearch #Nutrition #UkNews #Cancer #ConsumerSpending

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  Do humans really have a ‘lizard brain’ lurking beneath our rational minds? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/04/lizard-brain-rational-mind-neuroscience #Neuroscience #Books #Psychology #Culture #Evolution #Biology #Science

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  ‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/oct/05/dangerous-slime-moulds-nature-of-intelligence-podcast #IgNobelPrizes #Science #Biology #Consciousness

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  Starwatch: how to spot Saturn as it makes it closest approach to Earth this year https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/05/how-to-spot-saturn-closest-approach-earth #Saturn #Planets #Astronomy #Science #Space #TheSun

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  Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/05/women-more-pain-than-men-global-study #WomensHealth #Health #MedicalResearch #Science #WorldNews

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  Vaccines for ash trees and gene-edited butterflies among UK projects to get £30m funding https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/gene-edited-butterflies-vaccines-ash-trees-uk-science-projects-30m-funding #Conservation #SciencePolicy #GeneEditing #Science #UkNews #SyntheticBiology #Biodiversity #AshDieback #Butterflies #Amphibians #Environment #Genetics #Wildlife #Biology #DominicCummings

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  Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/06/safety-fears-as-scientists-make-first-viruses-designed-by-ai #Science #SyntheticBiology #InfectiousDiseases #Genetics #MedicalResearch #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #WorldNews #Health #Biology #Microbiology #Society

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  ‘Extremely scary findings’ show climate crisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/31/wildfires-extreme-weather-europe-spain-france-climate-crisis-analysis #Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeHeat #ExtremeWeather #GreenhouseGasEmissions #FossilFuels #Environment #Spain #France #ClimateScience #Science #Europe #WorldNews

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  Gunther von Hagens, creator of Body Worlds and plastination, dies aged 81 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/27/gunther-von-hagens-creator-of-body-worlds-and-plastination-dies-aged-81 #WorldNews #Culture #Science #AnatomyAndPhysiology #Exhibitions #Germany #DeathAndDying #Museums #ParkinsonsDisease

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  Starwatch: The summer triangle returns to the northern sky https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/27/starwatch-summer-triangle-returns-northern-sky #Space #Astronomy #Science

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  At last, a proper excuse for monoglots to learn another language: it helps keep your brain young | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/12/learn-another-language-french-restaurant-service-multilingual #Languages #Neuroscience #Education #Linguistics #Science #UkNews

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  First patients enrolled in record-breaking Ebola treatment trial in DRC https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/12/record-breaking-ebola-treatment-trial-drc #GlobalHealth #Ebola #GlobalDevelopment #WorldNews #InfectiousDiseases #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #Africa #MedicalResearch #Science

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  Starwatch: Waning crescent moon pairs up with the Seven Sisters https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/06/starwatch-waning-crescent-moon-pairs-up-with-the-seven-sisters #Space #Astronomy #TheMoon #Science

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  The Guardian view on gene-edited humans: darker uses must be acknowledged alongside medical ones | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/05/the-guardian-view-on-gene-edited-humans-darker-uses-must-be-acknowledged-alongside-medical-ones #GeneEditing #Science #Ivf #Law #Biology #Ethics #Genetics

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  ‘Beautiful blobs’: can scientists build life from scratch? – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2026/jul/02/beautiful-blobs-can-scientists-build-life-from-scratch-podcast #Science #Biology #MedicalResearch #WorldNews

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  ‘Beautiful blobs’: synthetic life a step closer as scientists make cells using lab-made DNA https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/01/synthetic-life-lab-made-dna-spudcells-scientists #Science #Biology #SyntheticBiology #BiochemistryAndMolecularBiology #Chemistry #Genetics #UsNews #UkNews #WorldNews

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  The hantavirus outbreak has been well-handled – but there are still dangerous days ahead | Devi Sridhar https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/hantavirus-outbreak-risk-general-public-cruise-ship-group #Hantavirus #InfectiousDiseases #Science #Coronavirus #WorldNews #MedicalResearch

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  Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/05/richard-dawkins-ai-consciousness-anthropic-claude-openai-chatgpt #AiArtificialIntelligence #RichardDawkins #Computing #Science #Technology

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  Desmond Morris obituary https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/20/desmond-morris-obituary #DesmondMorris #Culture #Television #AnimalBehaviour #Science #Animals #Books #Zoology #Zoos #Biology #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Painting #Malta #Catholicism

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  ‘Suddenly, boom, it’s completely warm’: summers are getting longer – especially in Sydney, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/14/summers-are-longer-more-intense-temperatures #Summer #Environment #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #Energy #Science #ExtremeWeather #ExtremeHeat