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• New mobile phone museum to launch online next month

  A new museum dedicated to the history of the mobile phone will launch online next month.

• Mars was doomed to become a barren lifeless planet from the beginning, says new study

  Mars was born with a fatal flaw that doomed it to become a barren lifeless place, according to new research: it was always too small to retain large amounts of water.

• NASA announces landing site for robotic moon rover mission

  NASA has announced the landing site for its robotic lunar rover which is planned to reach the moon in 2023.

• Pfizer COVID vaccine trial for children aged under 12 shows 'robust immune response'

  A Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine trial for children aged between five and 11 has produced "positive results" and has shown a "robust immune response", the two firms have said.

• Ongoing Iceland volcanic eruption now the longest in 50 years

  An ongoing volcanic eruption in Iceland is now the longest the country has seen for more than 50 years, as Sunday marked the sixth month lava has been erupting from a fissure near Mount Fagradalsfjall.

• Facebook denies 'wilfully' ignoring own research if findings 'inconvenient'

  Facebook has denied reports which claimed it "conducts research and then systematically and wilfully ignores it if the findings are inconvenient for the company".

• People can be 'fat but fit' and should focus on exercise rather than dieting, experts say

  People can be "fat but fit" and should focus on exercise rather than dieting for a longer life, experts have said.

• 'A heck of a ride for us': SpaceX's all-civilian crew touch down on Earth after historic three days in orbit

  A SpaceX capsule carrying the first all-civilian crew into space has touched back down on Earth after three days in orbit.

• 'If I'd ripped my glove it was game over': Tim Peake tells the story of Britain's first spacewalk

  On 15 December 2015, Tim Peake blasted off in a Soyuz rocket to begin his journey to become the first official British astronaut to visit the International Space Station.

• A hospital plans to run entirely on renewable energy after green light given to solar farm

  An NHS hospital in the Midlands is planning to become the first in England to be fully powered by renewable energy.