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Human heads have changed shape a lot in the past 100 years

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Doubts cast over 'wild' claim that magnetic control can turn on genes

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The best new science fiction books of May 2026

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The rich but complicated legacy of genome pioneer Craig Venter

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We have figured out a new way to send messages into the past

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Thought-provoking photographs capture what it feels like to have ADHD

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Is an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg – or any boss – a good plan?

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Simple treatment tweak drastically reduces blood loss from severe cuts

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Weird 'transdimensional' state of matter is neither 2D nor 3D

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Why dinosaurs lived much more complex lives than we thought

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The chips in your phone are probably broken – and that's a good thing

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Scorpions reinforce their claws and stingers with metals

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Extreme weather in 2025 drove record wildfire emissions in Europe

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Cancer is increasing in young people and we still don't know why

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People are betting on measles outbreaks – and that might be useful

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Gamblers are betting millions of dollars on measles outbreaks

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Is consciousness more fundamental to reality than quantum physics?

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Humanoid robots may be about to break the 100-metre sprint record

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How I pay almost nothing to power my house and electric car

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We may finally have a cure for many different autoimmune conditions

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Coral reefs on a remote archipelago shrugged off a massive heatwave

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Why the keto diet could be a revolutionary way to treat mental illness

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Giant Arctic continent launched dinosaurs to world domination

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10,000 new planets found hidden in NASA telescope data

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How your heart rate variability can offer an insight into your mind

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100-year-old assumption about the universe may soon be overturned

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Gravity's strength measured more reliably than ever before

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Symptoms of early dementia reversed by bespoke treatment plans

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QBox theory may offer glimpse of reality deeper than quantum realm

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Is stem cell therapy about to transform medicine and reverse ageing?

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Largest-ever octopus was great white shark of invertebrate predators

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Do you need to worry about Mythos, Anthropic's computer-hacking AI?

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Catching a cold can delay cancer from spreading to the lungs

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Huge study reveals how Epstein-Barr virus may cause multiple sclerosis

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Striking photo essay examines deadly spread of dengue fever in Nepal

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98 per cent of meat and dairy sustainability pledges are greenwashing

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New Scientist recommends Jeff Beal’s New York Études, Vol. II

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Why your opinion of used electric vehicles is probably wrong

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This mesmerising Cornish time-travel film is not to be missed

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How many dachsunds would it take to get to the moon?

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How many dachshunds would it take to get to the moon?

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Can you slow ageing with your diet? A new book gives it a go

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We need more radioactive drugs. Can we make them from nuclear waste?

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Table tennis-playing robot on track to becoming world champion

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Exercise advice for long covid may be doing more harm than good

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Fermat's Last Theorem: still a must-read about a 350-year maths secret

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If a bird flu pandemic starts, we may have an mRNA vaccine ready

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Titan’s strange plains may be explained by unusual weather

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The monstrous number sequences that break the rules of mathematics

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How we discovered the speed limit of arithmetic – and broke it

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