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Human noise pollution drives monkeys to rely on communication by scent |
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'Dark earth' made by Amazon farmers stores carbon for centuries |
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Corkscrew-shaped microbot could use sound to spiral through human body |
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Suppressing worrying thoughts may improve our mental health |
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Prehistoric people in Spain may have made tools from human bones |
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Rishi Sunak's weakening of UK net-zero policy is an unhelpful delay |
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Holly tree species not seen by scientists in 200 years reappears |
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Earliest evidence of buildings made from wood is 476,000 years old |
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Brain damage linked to schizophrenia may spread as condition develops |
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Silkworms genetically engineered to produce pure spider silk |
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How dark matter-powered stars could solve a huge cosmological puzzle |
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UK's Online Safety Bill to become law, but can it be enforced? |
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Vaccine that erases immune memory may help treat multiple sclerosis |
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The entire brain may be involved in language, not just a few regions |
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Watch a cyborg cockroach navigate a maze |
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Stick insects that are normally asexual may occasionally have sex |
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Theory of consciousness branded 'pseudoscience' by neuroscientists |
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Why being more open about mental health could be making us feel worse |
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Extinct Tasmanian tiger yields RNA secrets that could aid resurrection |
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Rare Australian pink diamonds emerged when a supercontinent broke up |
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What you need to know about the 2023 covid-19 boosters |
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DeepMind AI can predict if DNA mutations are likely to be harmful |
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Catastrophic Libyan dam collapse partly caused by climate change |
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6 charts that explain the cannabis revolution |
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Rare mutation hints gene editing could prevent Alzheimer’s disease |
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How scientists are cracking historical codes to reveal lost secrets |
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We now know how many cells there are in the human body |
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The world’s brightest X-ray machine has been turned on |
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Kidneys for transplantation could come from babies who die at birth |
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Spinal fluid test may enable earlier diagnosis of Parkinson's disease |
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Doctors warn about the rise of people with obsolete medical implants |
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Cannabis for medical use is soaring but the research is lagging behind |
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Google Bard AI won't answer questions about Putin asked in Russian |
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Anti-ageing drugs could make more organs viable for transplants |
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It's a great time to see the Cygnus constellation – here's how |
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Disinformation wars: The fight against fake news in the age of AI |
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Is CBD a wonder drug or waste of money? Here's what the evidence says |
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Starter Villain review: Big questions laced with absurdist humour |
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Can massive solar power expansion regenerate the US’s iconic prairies? |
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How to spot green comet Nishimura in the skies this week |
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Why the ancient hominins of Asia are so mysterious |
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City-wide quantum communication network in China is most advanced yet |
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Facebook change to control covid-19 vaccine misinformation failed |
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Data leak means anyone can see when astronauts urinate on the ISS |
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Tadpoles can change colour to blend in with their environment |
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NASA’s UFO task force has released its final report – it’s not aliens |
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Plant protein capsules could make it easier to add vitamin D to drinks |
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Key immune cells may help protect against inflammatory bowel disease |
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JWST has taken an astonishing image of a baby star with powerful jets |
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Growing pains may indicate a greater risk of migraines later in life |
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High-flying microplastics could pose a threat to the ozone layer |
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Fascinating photos of fungi show their diversity |
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Ten Trips review: What tripping taught an academic about psychedelics |
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Thousands of people apparently cheat at Wordle every day |
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Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around |
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Oxygen levels are dropping in rivers across the US and central Europe |
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MDMA therapy for PTSD expected to get US approval after latest trial |
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The quantum world: A concise guide to the particles that make reality |
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Fresh ideas about the causes of depression are bringing new treatments |
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Roger Penrose: "Consciousness must be beyond computable physics" |
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Low-carb diets: An easy way to lose weight or recipe for heart attack? |
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Developing the 'sharenting' habit prenatally has consequences |
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Mosquitoes dodge efforts to swat them by surfing a wave of air |
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The Coming Wave review: How AI reshapes our world |
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Huge rise in US overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants |
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Frogs have been trying to mate with odd things for 220 million years |
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A note from our editor on New Scientist Live 2023 |
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Moderna's improved mRNA covid-19 vaccine is effective at lower doses |
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Humans use a quarter of all the biomass created by plants on land |
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Stone Age carvings of animal footprints identified by expert trackers |
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Reusable rocket built by students is about to launch to space |
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Superglue alternative made from soya is strong but biodegradable |
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DNA-based computer can run 100 billion different programs |
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How soap operas can help us understand special relativity |
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The earliest black holes seen by JWST appear to be unusually massive |
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Male cockatoos make customised drumsticks for their mating displays |
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Could we tweak the solar system to make Pluto a planet again? |
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English rivers regularly pumped full of oxygen to prevent fish deaths |
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How humans brought cannabis to every corner of the globe |
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Mental health 'first aid' training has no clear medical benefit |
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The universe’s evolution seems to be slowing and we don’t know why |
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Smart toilets could leak your medical data, warn security experts |
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Seven healthy lifestyle activities may massively cut depression risk |
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The ultimate guide to hydration and what you really should be drinking |
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Red imported fire ants with painful bites have taken hold in Europe |
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Mathematicians find 12,000 solutions for fiendish three-body problem |
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Risk of mass deaths as heatwaves start to pass survivability threshold |
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Computers that use heat instead of electricity could run efficient AI |
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Physicists can complete our amazing, imperfect picture of reality |
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Westerners sleep later on weekends than people in Asia |
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Can the UK’s new ARIA science agency deliver ‘moonshot’ technologies? |
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Why great people don't always give good advice |
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Billion Dollar Heist review: How cybercriminals hit Bangladeshi bank |
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Covid-19 linked to elevated risk of type 1 diabetes in young children |
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Why it's a big deal that India beat Russia in the new race to the moon |
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Cave art pigments show how ancient technology changed over 4500 years |
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Asteroid hit by NASA spacecraft is behaving unexpectedly |
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Ancient mini koala may help solve mystery of early marsupial evolution |
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See this award-winning shot of a reef manta ray taken by a drone |
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Why nature is the ultimate quantum engineer |