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Greetings from Mars: NASA releases new pictures captured by the Perseverance rover

The £1.9bn effort has already achieved more than most, given how approximately half of all mankind's missions to Mars have failed.

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'Licence to fail': £800m for new scientific agency that will focus on high-risk, high-reward projects

The Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA) is to be the brainchild of Boris Johnson's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings.

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Perseverance rover sends back first pictures from Mars after successful landing

It took more than 11 minutes for news of the safe landing to arrive on Earth.

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Could NASA's Perseverance rover prove life on Mars?

The Mars Perseverance rover should help answer one of the most fundamental questions of all: is life on Earth unique?

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Perseverance rover sends back first pictures from Mars after successful landing

It took more than 11 minutes for news of the safe landing to arrive on Earth.

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Varo Bank raises another $63M, led by NBA star Russell Westbrook

Varo Bank, which last year became the first U.S. neobank to be granted a national bank charter, announced this morning it’s raised another $63 million in new funding. The round was led by NBA st

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Lockdown is working! Dramatic fall in England COVID infection rate

The survey tested more than 85,000 volunteers between 4 and 13 of February to examine infection levels in the general population.

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'Virus always has mutation as a weapon': Scientists warn against lifting lockdown too soon

The scientists say easing restrictions too soon could allow more sinister versions of the virus to escape and seed a new outbreak.

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GM unveils a refreshed Chevy Bolt EV and its bigger, yet compact crossover sibling

GM revealed Sunday a refreshed Chevrolet Bolt EV and a new, bigger — yet still compact — crossover called the Chevrolet Bolt EUV as part of the automaker’s goal to introduce 30 electric vehicles

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New vaccine has 'insurance' against virus mutations

The vaccine will be able to stop the coronavirus from evading the immune system by changing its spike protein.

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2021 Spring Festival Gala dazzles viewers with high-techs

China Media Group's Spring Festival Gala, the world's most-watched annual TV broadcast, has been using the latest technologies to amaze both its Chinese and foreign viewers across the globe. And this

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' You can only do so much talking' - Has COVID destroyed dating?

Dating apps may be enjoying a boom, but the love lives of singles are suffering in lockdown.

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Head-to-head: Pfizer v Oxford v Moderna v Novavax v Johnson & Johnson

Three vaccines approved for use in the UK have all reported they are around 90% effective in late stage trials.The UK was the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.It is c

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Single-shot COVID vaccine from Johnson & Johnson 85% effective

Unlike other jabs, which require two doses several weeks apart, the J&J shot is administered in a single injection.

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Scientists develop ultrafast laser system to remove cancers more precisely

Ultrafast lasers will deliver energy in a series of pulses that are one trillionth of a second long.

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UK students create 3D-printed coral structures that could rebuild world's damaged reefs

Scientists hope they can then attach live coral to 3D-printed backbones, before placing them in the ocean to grow new reefs.