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New Scientist

The world’s most elusive colour is worth billions – if we can find it

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Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier

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AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

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Rapamycin can add years to your life, or none at all – it’s a lottery

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Cannibalism may explain why some orcas stay in family groups

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How Ukraine became a drone factory and invented the future of war

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Landmark vitiligo cream targets immune cells that disrupt pigmentation

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Loophole found that makes quantum cloning possible

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The surprising vaccine side effects that can improve long-term health

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Saturn’s rings may have formed after a huge collision with Titan

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Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of writing

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Birdwatching may reshape the brain and build its buffer against ageing

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It’s your perception of sleep that’s making you feel tired all day

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Brutal Iron Age massacre may have targeted women and children

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Everyone's a queen: The ant species with no males or workers

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A horse's whinny is unlike any other sound in nature

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Why our brains tune things out and how to overcome it when you need to

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Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals

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We've spotted the strongest microwave laser in the known universe

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Fresh understanding of the causes of migraine reveals new drug targets

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Search for radio signals finds no hint of alien civilisation on K2-18b

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Ultra-processed foods could be making you age faster

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New fossils may settle debate over mysterious sail-backed spinosaurs

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Atmospheric pollution caused by space junk could be a huge problem

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Is our galaxy’s black hole actually made of dark matter?

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Microbe with the smallest genome yet pushes the boundaries of life

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More dog breeds found to have high risk of breathing condition

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Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds

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Why it's high time we stopped anthropomorphising ants

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What to read this week: The Laws of Thought by Tom Griffiths

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Weird and wonderful fungi should be so much more than sci-fi villains

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We need to get better at identifying postpartum depression in dads

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The maths quirk that can cheer you up if you're feeling unpopular

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Spruce trees stumped (sigh) when it comes to predicting eclipses

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New Scientist recommends The Big Oyster: History on the half shell

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Hannah Fry: 'AI can do some superhuman things – but so can forklifts'

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Artists gaze into space in stunning new exhibition

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Why some people cannot move on from the death of a loved one

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Data centres could store information in glass for thousands of years

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Postpartum depression in dads is common – we can now spot and treat it

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How baby microbiomes in the West differ from those everywhere else

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Ultramarathons could be bad for your blood

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Did a cloud-seeding start-up really increase snowfall in part of Utah?

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Scientists want to put a super laser on the moon

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The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human

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Giant viruses may be more alive than we thought

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Dream hacking helps people solve complex problems in their sleep

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The mystery of nuclear 'magic numbers' has finally been resolved

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Psychedelic reduces depression symptoms after just one dose

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We’ve glimpsed before the big bang and it’s not what we expected

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