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Can we ‘vaccinate’ ourselves against stress?

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Can we ‘vaccinate’ ourselves against stress?

A traditional vaccine primes the immune system to build better defences. Researchers think we can do something similar to increase our resilience to the pressures and worries of life

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How autoimmune conditions can unexpectedly drive mental illness

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How autoimmune conditions can unexpectedly drive mental illness

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artist's concept of comet 41P

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We’ve caught a comet switching its spin direction for the first time

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Illustration of a CAR T cell with an implanted gene strain, which makes up the genetic modification process required for it to fight rogue cells in the body

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CAR T-cell therapy takes woman from bedridden to 'perfectly fine'

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Earth may have formed from two separate rings around the sun

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Mysterious comet disintegration caught by telescope after lucky break

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We’ve spotted a huge asteroid spinning impossibly fast

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NASA changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the first time

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How to see six planets in the sky at once in rare celestial alignment

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From images taken by NASA spacecrafts, this picture mosaic was created of six of the planets in our solar system and the Earth's moon. In the foreground is the Earth rising over the lunar surface with the sun flare at the edge of Earth. Venus is the first planet above the moon, and at the top left to right are the planets Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Photo credits are as follows: Earth - Apollo 17; Lunar Surface - Apollo 8; Sun - Apollo 12; Venus - Pioneer Venus; Jupiter - Voyager I; Mercury - Mariner 10; Saturn - Pioneer 11.

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What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot

From ice ages to asteroid strikes, an epic book shows how important it has been for humans to look outwards. Alex Wilkins surveys a climate historian's cosmic sweep

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Landmark vitiligo cream targets immune cells that disrupt pigmentation

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Saturn’s rings may have formed after a huge collision with Titan

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Synchronised volcanic eruptions on Io hint at a spongy interior

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This virus infects most of us – but why do only some get very ill?

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