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New species of pterosaur that lived nearly 170 million years ago discovered in Scotland | UK News
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A new species of pterosaur has been discovered on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The winged reptile, named Ceoptera evansae, lived between 168 to 166 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic period when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Professor Paul Barrett, merit researcher at the Natural History Museum, said the discovery was a “complete…
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Bottled water contains quarter of a million invisible pieces of nanoplastics on average, scientists find | Climate News
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The average litre of bottled water contains nearly a quarter of a million invisible pieces of nanoplastics, according to new research. While scientists had long assumed there were large quantities of tiny plastic pieces in bottles of water, they never knew how many or what kind. Researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities in the US…
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Toyota to recall 1.12 million vehicles over potential airbag issue | World News
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Toyota will recall 1.12 million vehicles worldwide due to a fault affecting their airbags. The recall covers 2020 to 2022 model year vehicles, including various Avalon, Camry, Corolla, RAV4, Lexus ES250, ES300H, ES350, RX350 Highlander and Sienna Hybrid vehicles and could result in the Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensors not working. A short circuit in…
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Tesla recalls more than two million cars in US over Autopilot concerns | Science & Tech News
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Tesla is recalling more than two million vehicles in the US over concerns about its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the system’s method of making sure drivers are paying attention can be inadequate and can lead to “foreseeable misuse of the system”. The NHTSA has been investigating Elon…
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World’s most powerful laser to be built in UK and will be ‘million, billion, billion’ times brighter than the sun | Science & Tech News
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The world’s most powerful laser will be built in Oxfordshire, thanks to £85m in new funding for the technology. Scientists are aiming to develop the technology which will be a “million, billion, billion times brighter than the brightest sunlight” in the world. It is thought the technology will have practical applications in nuclear fusion, renewable…
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More than a million lives saved from cancer in last 40 years | UK News
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More than a million lives have been saved over the last four decades in the UK due to advances in cancer care, analysis from Cancer Research UK has shown. Since the mid-1980s, UK cancer deaths have fallen by around a quarter, but if the rates had remained the same more than 1.2 million people would…
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Blood test to detect 50 types of cancer could be given to ‘one million people next summer’ | Science & Tech News
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A blood test that can detect 50 types of cancer could reportedly be offered to “a million people” in a pilot programme from next summer. NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said the Galleri test – developed by the US company Grail – has the potential to “transform cancer care forever”, according to The Times. The…
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Researchers reveal ‘significant’ findings about dinosaurs which roamed south of England 125 million years ago | UK News
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Semi-aquatic dinosaurs which roamed southern England 125 million years ago inherited the brain capacity from their ancestors to catch the fish they survived on, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Southampton and Ohio University reconstructed the brains and inner ears of two spinosaurs, which they say helps reveal how these large predatory…
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Scientists uncover first record of a dinosaur eating a mammal in fossil from 120 million years ago | UK News
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Scientists believe they have uncovered the first known incident of a mammal being eaten by a dinosaur. The foot of an animal that lived 120 million years ago has been found inside the ribcage of a dinosaur, throwing light on the diet of prehistoric creatures. Palaeontologists in the UK analysed fossil remains of a small,…
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NASA smashes spacecraft into asteroid seven million miles from Earth in ‘planetary defence’ trial | Science & Tech News
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NASA has successfully smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid seven million miles from Earth. The last image from the “vending machine-sized” collider showed the surface of the asteroid Dimorphos seconds before impact. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is the first-ever trial of a “planetary defence system”. If the orbit of an asteroid can be…