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Spotlight on plankton, the ocean's fascinating, bite-sized creatures

Spotlight on plankton, the ocean's fascinating, bite-sized...

Every night, plankton take a journey to shallower waters to feed, prompting predators...

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Leaving Twitter? Here's what other social media platforms offer

Leaving Twitter? Here's what other social media platforms...

With the platform looking a little the worse for wear after its recent acquisition...

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Marine sciences must cast off an imperial legacy of ocean exploitation

Marine sciences must cast off an imperial legacy of ocean...

A century and a half after HMS Challenger embarked on the first global survey of...

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Homo Sapiens Rediscovered review: Hunting human origin stories

Homo Sapiens Rediscovered review: Hunting human origin...

From a bone fragment of a mysterious new species to the latest on cave art, Paul...

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How Birds Evolve review: In-depth and passionate

How Birds Evolve review: In-depth and passionate

Douglas Futuyma's new book on the rise of birds isn't easy going, but it shows why...

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Don’t Miss: The way of water, first of four sequels to Avatar

Don’t Miss: The way of water, first of four sequels to...

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more...

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Deepfake detector spots fake videos of Ukraine's president Zelenskyy

Deepfake detector spots fake videos of Ukraine's president...

A deepfake detector designed to identify unique facial expressions and hand gestures...

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What impact will planned new UK coal mine have on carbon emissions?

What impact will planned new UK coal mine have on carbon...

The UK government says a proposed new coal mine in Cumbria will have a "broadly...

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Why the laws of physics don't actually exist

Why the laws of physics don't actually exist

What we call laws of physics are often just mathematical descriptions of some part...

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Deforestation in Venezuela surges as gold miners ransack the Amazon

Deforestation in Venezuela surges as gold miners ransack...

The loss of pristine forest is estimated to be increasing by around 170 per cent...

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Endangered white rhinos' cells turned into sperm and egg stem cells

Endangered white rhinos' cells turned into sperm and egg...

Researchers hope producing embryos from adult cells in the lab could offer a way...

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Stimulating the vagus nerve may reduce symptoms of multiple sclerosis

Stimulating the vagus nerve may reduce symptoms of multiple...

An implanted device that stimulates the vagus nerve reduced symptoms of multiple...

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Light-based computer could outpace traditional electrical chip designs

Light-based computer could outpace traditional electrical...

A computer that uses light rather than electricity to transmit and manipulate data...

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Robot guides needle into lungs more accurately than human doctors

Robot guides needle into lungs more accurately than human...

A robot guided a flexible needle into the lungs of pigs, outperforming humans using...

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LIGO may be able to detect alien warp drives using gravitational waves

LIGO may be able to detect alien warp drives using gravitational...

If aliens were to make spacecraft as massive as Jupiter or ones that use warp drives,...

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JWST has broken the record for most distant galaxy ever confirmed

JWST has broken the record for most distant galaxy ever...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the most distant galaxy ever definitively...