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Selfish Y chromosome may explain why some families mostly have sons

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Rare family has had many more sons than daughters for generations

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The real reasons birth rates are declining worldwide

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Your microbiome may determine your risk of a severe allergic reaction

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Why the US is using a cheap Iranian drone against the country itself

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Can Michael Pollan crack the problem of consciousness in his new book?

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Would aliens do physics, or is science a human invention?

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First drone passengers may be combat casualties and criminals

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A crisis in cosmology may mean hidden dimensions really exist

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The bombshell results that demand a new theory of the universe

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A bizarre type of black hole could solve three cosmic mysteries in one

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Crisis in cosmology: If we’ve got dark energy wrong, what could it be?

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Spreading crushed rock on farms could absorb 1 billion tonnes of CO2

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Ants capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into armour

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People who eat a lot of fibre spend more time in deep sleep

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The best new science fiction books of March 2026

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Inside the company selling quantum entanglement

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Can magnesium supplements improve sleep, energy and concentration?

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NASA’s Artemis moon exploration programme is getting a major makeover

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Frailty can be eased with an infusion of stem cells from young people

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Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

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Ocean geoengineering trial finds no evidence of harm to marine life

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How worried should you be about an asteroid smashing into Earth?

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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

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'If a drug had the same benefits as the arts, we’d take it every day'

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Read an extract from Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt

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We all harbour 9 secrets and they are eating us up inside

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Could a niche 80s technology be the key to better quantum computers?

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Stem cell patch reverses brain damage in fetuses with spina bifida

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When we interbred with Neanderthals, they were usually the fathers

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Banning children from VPNs and social media will erode adults' privacy

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How to see six planets in the sky at once in rare celestial alignment

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Is geothermal energy on the cusp of a worldwide renaissance?

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Why I have changed my mind about AI and you should too

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SpaceX's 1 million satellites could avoid environmental checks

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Why the sleep industry has got us worrying about the wrong things

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What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot

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The Human Flatus Atlas plans to measure the explosivity of farts

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Return of Fallout, Paradise and Silo fuels passion for bunker sci-fi

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New Scientist recommends the quantum soundscape of Liminals

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Amazing sneak peek of NASA's spacesuit tests as moon mission nears

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Tiny predatory dinosaur weighed less than a chicken

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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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