Starfish have hundreds of feet but no brain – here's how they move
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Starfish feet are coordinated purely through mechanical loading, enabling the animals to bounce rhythmically along the seabed without a central nervous system ..read more
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The man reinventing economics with chaos theory and complexity science
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Traditional economics makes ludicrous assumptions and poor predictions. Now an alternative approach using big data and psychological insights is proving far more accurate ..read more
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Our plans to tackle climate change with carbon storage don't add up
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Modelling that shows how the world can remain below 1.5°C of warming assumes we can store vast amounts of carbon dioxide underground, but a new analysis reveals that achieving this is extremely unlikely ..read more
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How to destroy a black hole
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A black hole would be tough to destroy, but in the season two premiere of Dead Planets Society our hosts are willing to go to extremes, from faster-than-light bombs to time travel ..read more
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A surprisingly enormous black hole has been found in our galaxy
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A black hole 33 times the mass of the sun is the largest stellar black hole ever spotted, and its strange companion star could help explain how it got so huge ..read more
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Tiny nematode worms can grow enormous mouths and become cannibals
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One species of nematode worm turns into a kin-devouring nightmare if it grows up in a crowded environment with a poor diet ..read more
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Geoscientists are using telecom 'dark fibres' to map Earth’s innards
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The networks of fibre optic cables that criss-cross the planet could be used to better understand what’s happening inside it ..read more
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Parkinson's disease progression slowed by antibody infusions
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Monthly infusions with the drug prasinezumab appeared to slow the progression of motor symptoms in people with advanced Parkinson's disease ..read more
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Deadly upwellings of cold water pose threat to migratory sharks
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Climate change is making extreme cold upwellings more common in certain regions of the world, and these events can be catastrophic for animals such as bull sharks ..read more
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We live in a cosmic void so empty that it breaks the laws of cosmology
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Mounting evidence suggests our galaxy sits at the centre of an expanse of nothingness 2 billion light years wide. If so, we may have to rethink our understanding of the universe ..read more
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