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You can make fair dice from any shape you like ๐ŸŽฒ How and when to see the rare Strawberry Moon ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŒ•๏ธ Are space companies about to start mining the moon? ๐ŸŒ How Amsterdam is solving its urban food waste problem ๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿšฎ Living towers of worms observed in nature for the first time ๐Ÿชฑโ  Crafty cockatoos learn to use public drinking fountains๐Ÿšฐ๐Ÿชฝ Why has the UK government banned single use vapes? ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿšซ AI's threat on truth and democracy Amsterdam's floating curtain prevents plastic from entering the sea ๐Ÿชฃ Was Spinosaurus a water-loving dinosaur? ๐Ÿฆ• Does Bones accurately portray forensic anthropology? Or push artistic licence too far? ๐Ÿฆด Can training your sense of smell help reverse cognitive decline? ๐Ÿ‘ƒ T Rex vs Triceratops: 'Walking with Dinosaurs' scientifically grounded artistic licence ๐Ÿฆ– The massive cost of developing AI chatbots How does the universe go from nothing to everything? Shrinking Nemo: Clownfish surprising response to climate change ๐Ÿ ๐ŸŒŠ Amazing images reveal new details in the sun's atmosphere๐ŸŒžโœจ๏ธ Your imagination isn't just one thing...๐Ÿ’ญ Liquid shaker experiment explores how particles came into existence Why are we the last humans left? ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’ญ The โ€œstrongest evidenceโ€ for alien life just got stronger ๐Ÿ‘ฝ How the BBC's six pips time signal helped synchronise time ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ Does milk make a good fertiliser for your houseplants? ๐Ÿฅ›๐Ÿชด How aeroponics could reduce the carbon costs of farming AI garden at Chelsea Flower Show brings visitors closer to nature ๐ŸŒป Are smartphones really causing mental illness in teens? ๐Ÿ“ฑ Are these the greatest sci-fi books of all time? How atomic clocks measure time more accurately โŒš๏ธ This soft robot โ€œthinksโ€ with its legs ๐Ÿค–๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ Capuchin monkeys are stealing howler monkey babies in weird fad ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ™Š Onions never have to make you cry again! ๐Ÿง…๐Ÿ˜ญ How gas distribution influences the formation of stars ๐ŸŒƒ What bath tub black holes can tell us about quantum physics ๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธ Hidden watercourses beneath Antarctic observed for the first time ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐ŸŒ€ 99.999% of the deep seafloor remains unexplored ๐Ÿ”๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ Studying the physics of sci-fi novel Ringworld by Larry Niven In search of gravitons, the particle that could unify physics ๐Ÿ Lara Croft's dynamite archaeology is destroying history, says paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi ๐Ÿงจ How sci-fi writer Larry Niven came up with the idea for Ringworld โ˜€๏ธ A vaccine for the dreaded norovirus is in the works ๐Ÿ’Š and itโ€™s already proving effective. Never-before-seen footage of bottom trawling's devastating effects ๐ŸŒŠ How this floating laboratory will push the limits of Arctic research โ„๏ธ๐Ÿšข Could drumming chimps hint at the first flickers of spiritual thought? When a living thing dies, its light is snuffed out - literally Is this the first ever fault rupture caught on camera ๐Ÿซจโ€ผ๏ธ Titanic's Twin: Digitally exploring the world's most famous shipwreck 'I didn't realise how non-neurotypical I was until writing Murderbot' Creating the first sea-worthy navigation timepiece that accelerated ocean exploration โ›ต๏ธ