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Physics

Even in our digital world, materials still matter

Next to the flashy realm of AI, materials may seem quaint. But new quantum research could yield revolutionary breakthroughs, with the power to transform our world

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Why your nose could be the perfect window into your mental state

Health

Why your nose could be the perfect window into your mental state

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a teenager holding a cell phone in his hand

Technology

We have let down teens if we ban social media but embrace AI

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Physics

Should it be space-time or spacetime – and why does it matter anyway?

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We have run out of new visions of the future. This needs to change

Society

We have run out of new visions of the future. This needs to change

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Technology

Why are weather forecasting apps so terrible?

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Lunar Crater Radio Telescope: Illuminating the Cosmic Dark Ages This illustration depicts a conceptual Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Moon?s far side. The early-stage concept is being studied under grant funding from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program but is not a NASA mission. Credit: Vladimir Vustyansky

Space

Could a huge lunar telescope be our best chance of spotting aliens?

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Why do we love fake lips, but hate fake meat?

Mind

Why do we love fake lips, but hate fake meat?

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Illustration of a teenage girl who is the offspring of a Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) mother and Denisovan (Homo sapiens denisova) father. A bone fragment with this hybrid ancestry was found in the Denisova Cave in Russia. The bone belonged to a female who was at least 13 years old and died around 90,000 years ago. It was known from genetic analysis of other fossils that the two species had interbred, but this is the first first-generation offspring of such a pairing to be found.

Humans

Understanding the Denisovans means understanding ourselves

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A new angle on brain health could bring much-needed new treatments

Health

A new angle on brain health could bring much-needed new treatments

Psychiatric medicine hasn't changed much since the 1960s. Could blocking the effects of chronic inflammation on the brain be the step change we need?

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Technology

I'm a cyclist. Will the arrival of robotaxis make my journeys safer?

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Technology

We need to establish free internet access as a standalone human right

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Physics

Why no one can agree on what quantum physics really means

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Health

Why ageing doesn't have to mean years of poor health

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