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[:eu]So you want to build a Death Star? Here’s how to get started[:]

So would it possible in the real world? Let’s not worry about the vast quantities of raw materials required.
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[:eu]Five amazing ways plants have created new technologies[:]

Plants are often used not just as food and clothing but as part of complex technologies. Here are some more amazing ways we can use vegetation.
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[:eu]Ancient Syrian bitumen discovered in Anglo-Saxon boat at Sutton Hoo[:]

Sutton Hoo in East Anglia is one of the most important archaeological sites in England. The weapons, clothing and other objects buried in the Anglo-Saxon cemeteries show that trade networks […]
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[:eu]Are aliens trying to tell us something? Brightest burst of radio waves detected[:]

The search for mysterious “fast radio bursts” – very brief but intense pulses of radio waves from outer space – is heating up. Nobody knows what causes these powerful bursts, […]
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[:en]How an army of ‘super recognisers’ could help spot criminals and missing persons[:eu]How an army of ‘super recognisers’ could help spot criminals and missing persons[:]

Recent work reveals that a small number of people may have extraordinary face recognition skills, outperforming typical people on a range of face recognition tasks.
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[:es]Pain is more than a physical process – now a study in mice suggests it may even be socially transferable[:]

Thoughts, feeling and expectations can influence pain, and even contribute to how people respond to pain killing drugs. The external social world also impacts on such expectations, and in turn […]
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[:es]How science is giving voice to mummies such as Ötzi the Iceman[:]

Researchers recently managed to recreate the voice of 5,300-year-old Ötzi the iceman by recreating his vocal tract. The technology is promising and could be used to digitally produce the voices […]
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[:es]This new fingerprint technique could revolutionise the way we solve gun crime[:]

Following a serendipitous finding by researchers at Swansea University that rubbing a metal surface with a tissue does not necessarily remove the finger mark ridge minutiae, we started to investigate […]
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Study reveals why the brain can’t forget amputated limbs, even decades later

Amputees often report the phenomenon of “phantom limbs”, where they can still sense the presence of missing fingers, hands, arms, feet or legs, and even feel pain where the amputated […]