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Wildcat review: Come for cute animals, stay for nuanced psychology

Wildcat review: Come for cute animals, stay for nuanced...

An unusual nature documentary features a battle-scarred soldier who finds salvation...

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Time is running out for countries to agree rules on deep-sea mining

Time is running out for countries to agree rules on deep-sea...

If governments don't meet a July 2023 deadline to draw up regulations governing...

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Gravitational wave hunters will get an ultracool new tool in 2023

Gravitational wave hunters will get an ultracool new tool...

We have been detecting gravitational waves since 2015, but there is still much more...

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How the covid-19 pandemic helped tackle Ebola and monkeypox in 2022

How the covid-19 pandemic helped tackle Ebola and monkeypox...

The covid-19 pandemic has improved communication between researchers and officials,...

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The truth behind melatonin and why it may not help you sleep

The truth behind melatonin and why it may not help you...

Millions of people take melatonin to help them nod off, treat jet lag and cope with...

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AI made it possible to create a picture of almost anything in 2022

AI made it possible to create a picture of almost anything...

The rapid rise of text-to-image generators powered by artificial intelligence has...

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Spacecraft are heading to a metal asteroid and Jupiter's moons in 2023

Spacecraft are heading to a metal asteroid and Jupiter's...

The JUICE and Psyche mission are set to blast off in 2023, with the aim of studying...

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How sounds from space are revealing otherwise hidden cosmic phenomena

How sounds from space are revealing otherwise hidden cosmic...

Turning astrophysical data into audio has led to all sorts of surprising discoveries,...

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2023 could mark a turning point for the Amazon rainforest

2023 could mark a turning point for the Amazon rainforest

New political leaders in Brazil and Colombia have promised to protect the rainforest,...

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Russia is jamming more GPS satellite signals around Moscow

Russia is jamming more GPS satellite signals around Moscow

A rise in the jamming of satellite navigation within Russia follows attacks by drones...

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Targeted vaccine campaigns helped the West get on top of monkeypox

Targeted vaccine campaigns helped the West get on top of...

Countries such as the UK and France are now reporting zero daily cases of monkeypox...

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Gene-replacement therapies are transforming children’s lives

Gene-replacement therapies are transforming children’s...

Several therapies to correct severe genetic disorders have been approved by medical...

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Read New Scientist’s 5 best long reads of 2022 for free

Read New Scientist’s 5 best long reads of 2022 for free

To celebrate the end of the year, our editors have picked New Scientist’s very best...

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It may be possible to traverse a wormhole and then send a signal home

It may be possible to traverse a wormhole and then send...

When matter falls into a wormhole, the wormhole is expected to collapse – but a...

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Twitter security flaw may leave videos sent in direct messages exposed

Twitter security flaw may leave videos sent in direct messages...

Videos sent in Twitter direct messages can theoretically be viewed by anyone, a...

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Parasitic DNA makes us age faster - but we're not sure why

Parasitic DNA makes us age faster - but we're not sure...

Genetic parasites called retrotransposons become more active as we age, and an animal...