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Scientists have developed 13-millimetre artificial fish which can tow 5kg of material, heal themselves, and collect microplastics from the sea as they swim.

Flood doors can protect property and life by preventing water from entering the premises. 🎥 Hochwassersicherheit https://t.co/563n3nMw0a

The biocompatible, water-soluble device is an alternative to opioids and other highly addictive medications. https://t.co/XDo9KX0P4J

A radical new form of solar geoengineering. https://t.co/8wlqnXS16c

And you can see it with just a small telescope. https://t.co/zodzQG9fXZ

Ireland has the lowest road deaths in entire EU. These are our road safety adverts.

When the whole country of North Korea puts on a show so that visitors believe the country is prospering:

"He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife." DOUGLAS ADAMS

This is what a Neanderthal would look like with a modern haircut and a suit.

An apple on this apple https://t.co/ng8Krgcx1i

'What I have seen moved me, as a scientist, as an engineer, and as a human being.' https://t.co/F7QIXil9Mz

TIL that Gene Wilder agreed to be Willy Wonka on one condition. He said they would have to include Wonka’s entrance scene where he uses a cane, then falls, does a somersault, and jumps back up. When asked why, he said: “Because from that time on, no one will know if I'm lying or telling the truth.”

They could work independently or as a flock. https://t.co/ynYIfv6Xs7

Word of the day: EGGTAGGLE (19th century Scots) - the act of wasting time in bad company

We don't know when the plane will return, though. https://t.co/Y63PDEmD86