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Are your memories illusions? New study disentangles the Boltzmann brain paradox

Low-platinum catalyst could make hydrogen production cheaper

Silver nanoparticle size influences light interaction, finds study

Q&A: How AI changes NASA's search for life in outer space

Webb finds young sun-like star forging common crystals and flinging them into its outer disk

Fear at work is a hidden safety risk, and it helps explain why hazards go unreported

Prehistoric tool made from elephant bone is the oldest discovered in Europe

Kenya's big cats under pressure: Cattle are pushing lions away

Compact electron accelerator offers new approach for treating PFAS-contaminated water

Ultrafast light switches use atomically thin semiconductors for rapid optical control

A novel dual-chemical looping method for efficient ammonia synthesis

How Being a Good Dad Makes for Healthier Children

New method creates acinar cells involved in formation of pancreatic cancer

‘Bat accelerator’ unlocks new clues to how these animals navigate

A wild potato that changed the story of agriculture in the American Southwest

Iron Age dental plaque reveals Scythians consumed milk from horses and ruminants

Mystery Prototaxites tower fossils may represent a newly discovered kind of life

Balkan wild rivers in steady decline: Study

Meteorologists blame a stretched polar vortex, moisture, lack of sea ice for dangerous winter blast

Radio telescopes on the moon could let us observe dozens of black hole shadows

Unified framework sorts spacetime fluctuations for quantum-gravity experiments

Metal clumps in a quantum state: Physicists place thousands of sodium atoms in a 'Schrödinger's cat state'

Massive black hole mystery unlocked by researchers

Studying massive and mysterious young protostars with Hubble

Stunning images reveal the rich biodiversity of remotest Tanzania

We were wrong about being able to 'nudge' people to improve the world

The internet feels super lonely right now. Here's why

Peter F. Hamilton's latest is an epic slice of sci-fi – with one flaw

New Scientist recommends Avatar: Fire and Ash – especially the whale

New JWST images show Helix Nebula in astonishing clarity

Let's nitpick about the physics of Stranger Things, not its ending

How – and why – we chose the best 21 ideas of the 21st century

How to spot the lunar X and V

Can we battle the downsides of a rule-based world, asks a new book

A massive cosmic ring may challenge a key assumption about the universe

Filming ICE is legal but exposes you to digital tracking. Here's how to minimize the risk

From ancient Rome to today, war-makers have talked constantly about peace

I research the harm that can come to teenagers on social media. I don't support a ban

Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planet

Two-dimensional materials expand options for next-generation terahertz quantum devices

Scientists design molecules 'backward' to speed up discovery

US forests store record carbon as natural and human factors combine

Q&A: Wildfire in protected Northwest forests highlights need for strategy updates

Old diseases return as settlement pushes into the Amazon rainforest

A simple blood test mismatch linked to kidney failure and death

Chiral phonons create orbital current via their own magnetism

Grains of sand prove people—not glaciers—transported Stonehenge rocks

The hidden microbes that decide how sourdough tastes

Safeguarding the Winter Olympics-Paralympics against climate change

Rushing a major strategy announcement can be a mistake for new CEOs