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The race to solve the biggest problem in quantum computing

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We don’t know if AI-powered toys are safe, but they’re here anyway

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How worried should you be about your BMI?

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Can species evolve fast enough to survive as the planet heats up?

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Chemistry may not be the 'killer app' for quantum computers after all

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Why drug overdose deaths have suddenly plummeted in the US

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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

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Undisclosed ads on TikTok skirt ban on profiling minors

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A miniature magnet rivals behemoths in strength for the first time

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King penguins are thriving in a warmer climate, but it may not last

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Maggie Aderin's dream: To walk by the footprints of Neil Armstrong

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A glimpse into the rare earth riches of Greenland

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Why are we so obsessed with protein? A new book looks for answers

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New Scientist recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

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Why a Peruvian mountain is becoming an 'impossible' particle detector

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Why the world's militaries are scrambling to create their own Starlink

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Parkinson's disease may reduce enjoyment of pleasant smells

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Orcas may be to blame for some mass dolphin strandings

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I was accused of killing over 100 million rabbits across Australia

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How a midlife tune-up could help prepare you for a healthy old age

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Sharing genetic risk scores can unwittingly reveal secrets

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Startup is building the first data centre to use human brain cells

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Start-up is building the first data centre to use human brain cells

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How our ancestors used mushrooms to change the course of human history

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Mystery 'whippet' space explosion is the brightest of its kind

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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What is a galaxy? That's a surprisingly difficult question to answer

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Mathematics is undergoing the biggest change in its history

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Human populations evolved in similar ways after we began farming

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Why is black rain falling on Iran and how dangerous is it?

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We’ve only just confirmed that Homo habilis really existed

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Frailty sets in far earlier than you’d expect, but you can reverse it

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A daily multivitamin may slightly slow rates of ageing

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'Singing' dogs may show the evolutionary roots of musicality

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The first apes to walk upright may have evolved in Europe

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SETI may have missed alien signals because of space weather

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Ancient 'weirdo' reptile graduated from 4 legs to 2 in adolescence

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How an intern helped build the AI that shook the world

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The moment that kicked off the AI revolution

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NASA changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the first time

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Chemistry clues could detect aliens unlike any life on Earth

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Inflammation might cause Alzheimer's – here's how to reduce it

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The best new popular science books of March 2026

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Shift in the Gulf Stream could signal ocean current collapse

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Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades

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The secret to guessing more accurately with maths

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Why Yuri Gagarin wasn’t the first in space – and who beat him to it

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Möbius strip-like molecule has an entirely new and bizarre shape

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Just one dose of psilocybin relieves symptoms of OCD for months

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Two marsupials believed extinct for 6000 years found alive

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