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Your chance of having a boy or girl may not be 50/50

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Exposure to microplastic makes animals want to eat it more

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Ranching and farming have eroded almost all the soil in the Alps

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Laws of quantum physics may rule out a universe that came before ours

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Obesity may come in 11 different types, each with their own cause

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Is it time to aim for 1.7°C as the new limit for global warming?

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Little red dot galaxies have now been found in our local universe

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AI demand could drive up US electricity bills – even if it fizzles

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The world is losing major ground in the fight against measles

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Billions of phones can detect and warn about nearby earthquakes

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Genetically tailored microbes could tweak our microbiomes

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UK online safety law is going to change the way we use the internet

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Neanderthal groups had their own local food culture

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Children conceived using mitochondria from a donor are now doing well

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Babies made using three people's DNA are free of hereditary disease

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Why we urgently need to talk about geoengineering

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We've found that a new type of rock is forming from old slag heaps

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Pink Floppy Disc and The Bitles: Embracing the future of AI music

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Otherworldly space images from a major photography competition

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New book is an illuminating but flawed look at the impact of emoji

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New Scientist recommends Wolfgang Tillmans's new exhibition in Paris

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Have we found an unlikely solution to the climate impact of flying?

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Can amazing tech reboot healthcare? A new book explores the future

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Rare images capture snow leopard cubs in their dens

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Simple device can produce water, oxygen and fuel from lunar soil

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The anthropologist who says shamanism works, even if you don’t believe

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How human eggs stay fresh for decades

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Underwater volcanic brine pools could be home to extreme life forms

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Ancient rocks show earliest evidence of tectonic activity on Earth

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We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it?

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Brain changes with eating disorders similar to those in OCD and autism

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Why you shouldn't worry a nap will stop your child sleeping at night

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Complex knots can actually be easier to untie than simple ones

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Water might be even more important for alien life than we thought

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Climate scientists urge others to take up CO2 tracking as US cuts loom

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Built-in fire extinguishers can prevent battery explosions

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Nor'easters slamming New England are growing more powerful

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You don't need to take drugs like Ozempic consistently to lose weight

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The truth about de-extinction: is it even possible, and why do it?

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Are batteries based on contact lenses the future of energy storage?

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Most warming this century may be due to air pollution cuts

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LIGO has spotted the most massive black hole collision ever detected

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How government use of AI could hurt democracy

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We may have finally solved an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray puzzle

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Artificial cooling 'urgent' for Great Barrier Reef after warming spike

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Climate could warm another 0.5°C if we fail to capture far more CO2

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Trees on city streets cope with drought by drinking from leaky pipes

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Hay fever relief could come in the form of a nasal 'molecular shield'

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Why bizarre Cold War hoverboats are making a comeback

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Fatal genetic disorder treated by replacing the brain's immune cells

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