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Nasa’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity was originally intended only to prove flight was possible in the Martian atmosphere. Photo: NASA/JPL-CALTECH
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NASA Mars helicopter sends last message to Earth

Angara-A5 rocket blasts off from its launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far-eastern Amur region, Russia, April 11, 2024. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS
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Russia launches first Angara-A5 space rocket from Far East cosmodrome

The Angara-A5 rocket is seen on its launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, April 8, 2024. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo
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Russia aborts Angara-A5 space rocket launch for second time

A small clinical trial led by Stanford Medicine found that the metabolic effects of a ketogenic diet may help stabilise the brain. Photo: Collected
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Stanford study shows keto diet can improve severe mental illness

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An x-ray displaying the mouse embryo with and extra pair of hind legs, displayed in pink. Photo: Lozovska et al., Nat. Comms, 2024
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Scientists accidentally made a mouse grow legs in place of genitals

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An artist's conception of star bursting galaxies early in the history of the universe is shown in this image. Stars and galaxies are shown in the bright white points of light, while the more diffuse dark matter and gas are shown in purples and reds. AARON M. GELLER, NORTHWESTERN, CIERA + IT-RCDS/Handout via REUTERS
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Huge star explosion to appear in sky in once-in-a-lifetime event

Researchers wearing protective suits collect samples of wildlife, where the H5N1 bird flu virus was detected, at Chilean Antarctic Territory, Antarctica, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on March 13, 2024. Instituto Antartico Chileno/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Scientists investigate thousands of dead Antarctic penguins for bird flu

This image made with the Iseult Magneton 11.7 T MRI shows a brain during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam simulation at the Neurospin facilities in the Paris-Saclay Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission centre in Gif-sur-Yvette, on March 22, 2024. Photo: AFP
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World's most powerful MRI scans first images of human brain

Scientists toss 350,757 coins to prove theory that coin tosses aren't 50/50
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Scientists toss 350,757 coins to prove theory that coin tosses aren't 50/50

The diamond ring effect is seen during the total solar eclipse from Villa Chocon, Neuquen province, Argentina on 14 December, 2020/ AFP
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Total solar eclipse expected on 8 April across North America, the next one is in 54 years

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Japan Moon probe survives second lunar night: Space agency