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• New giant water lily species discovered at Kew is world's largest

  A famous giant water lily named after Queen Victoria and held at Kew's Royal Botanic Gardens for 177 years has been revealed as a species new to science.

• Bezos clashes with Biden's White House over US economic woes

  Jeff Bezos has clashed with US President Joe Biden's administration on Twitter over the cost of petrol for American consumers.

• Could you be replaced by a robot? 1 in 3 firms to invest in automation due to staffing issues - survey

  One in three businesses are planning to invest in automation as a top priority amid staffing shortages, a survey has suggested.

• Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts hacked and flooded with crypto spam and images of Elon Musk

  The British Army has launched an investigation into a breach of its Twitter and YouTube accounts.

• Six months of space travel wastes as much bone as two decades on Earth, astronaut study shows

  An academic-led study of astronauts has revealed the devastating impact space travel has on the human skeleton.

• 'Cryptoqueen' added to FBI's Most Wanted list

  A Bulgarian woman, also known as "Cryptoqueen", has been added to the FBI's list of its 10 most-wanted fugitives.

• YouTuber dies aged 23 as his dad shares message he'd prepared for followers

  The YouTuber and Minecraft gamer known as Technoblade has died from cancer, aged 23.

• Hydrogen-powered lorry to be mass produced by Essex fleet operator

  Hydrogen and electric-powered lorry's will be mass produced in the UK by an Essex-based firm.

• Flavoured heated tobacco products could be banned by EU

  The EU's executive branch has proposed a ban on the sale of flavoured heated tobacco products, as part of its plan to fight cancer.

• Surprise geomagnetic storm opens 'crack' in Earth's magnetosphere

  A geomagnetic storm hit our planet over the weekend, surprising scientists as it did not appear to originate from a solar flare.