United Kingdom Science News API

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            "title": "Is space exploration worth the money and effort?",
            "description": "Letters: Readers respond to an article by Zoe Williams in which she argued the space race was pointless",
            "content": "Zoe Williams speaks for many of us when she notes that the US space mission is pointless (Let’s stop going into space. There’s nothing to see and no one to talk to, 7 April). Unfortunately, it is worse than that. With a $100bn budget, the Artemis pro... [3062 chars]",
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            "title": "Scientists Scanned Tiny Fossil Still Wrapped in Skin, and Discovered the Oldest Breathing System Ever",
            "description": "It looks like an unremarkable fossil at first glance. But inside this ancient reptile lies a hidden detail that connects directly to how you breathe right now.",
            "content": "A tiny reptile that died nearly 300 million years ago is now helping scientists figure out how the first land animals breathed. This fossil shows the oldest known version of a rib-based breathing system, one that still exists in animals today.\nThe st... [2759 chars]",
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            "title": "10 of the best seeds to sow now for flowers all summer long",
            "description": "With early spring the perfect moment to begin, these easy-to-grow annuals will keep your home filled with colour to the last light of autumn",
            "content": "Three years ago, I was working as a gardener in Tuscany, in the hills of the Val d’Orcia. Spring mornings meant cycling along white, stony tracks lined with cypress, red poppies and lilac irises.\nThe garden itself was generous: a cut flower patch bes... [6827 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/how-to-grow/best-seeds-for-summer-flowers/",
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