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2026 will be the hottest year on record, leading scientist predicts

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NHS England rushes to hide software over AI hacking fears

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The 4 biggest myths about hydration, according to an expert

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Oak trees use delaying tactics to thwart hungry caterpillars

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Will Colombia summit kick-start the end of the fossil fuel era?

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Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous

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Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

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The rings of Uranus are even stranger than we thought

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An unorthodox version of quantum theory could reveal what reality is

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'Green' cryptocurrency uses 18 times more energy than makers claim

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Your oral microbiome could affect your weight, liver and diabetes risk

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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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Our verdict on Red Mars: Mostly great, with a few quibbles

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New Scientist recommends New York's Bone Museum and Gecko Gallery

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

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What to read this week: The 21st Century Brain by Hannah Critchlow

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Long covid reveals the harm of one-size-fits-all medical treatment

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

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Ann Leckie continues to shine with new sci-fi novel Radiant Star

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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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