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Here's the biggest science news you need to know.
- Mould discovered at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster could be feeding on radiation. Scientists want to use it to shield astronauts from cosmic rays.
- An X2 class solar flare hit Earth last night, with more flares and a coronal mass ejection likely on the way.
- Modern humans arrived in Australia 60,000 years ago and may have interbred with archaic humans such as 'hobbits'.
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