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AI chip smaller than a grain of salt uses light to decode data
A chip on the end of an optical fibre University of Shanghai for Science and Technology in China An artificial…
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The Meteorite Hunters review: A thrilling guide to an Indiana Jones-like world
A bolide (bright) meteor, in remote Canada Stocktrek Images, Inc./Alamy The Meteorite HuntersJoshua Howgego (Oneworld (UK, on sale now; US,…
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Amazing plesiosaur fossil preserves its skin and scales
Skeleton of the new plesiosaur at the Urwelt-Museum Hauff in Holzmaden, Germany Klaus Nilkens/Urwelt-Museum Hauff The soft tissue of a…
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George R. R. Martin finally finishes… a physics paper
Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe…
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The perfect boiled egg takes more than half an hour to cook
How do you cook your eggs? The Daniel Heighton Food Collection/Alamy Cooking a perfect boiled egg takes at least half…
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London Underground mutant mosquitoes have surprisingly ancient origins
Culex pipiens f. molestus is a form of mosquito found in cities all over the world blickwinkel / Alamy Stock…
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Humpback whale songs have patterns that resemble human language
Humpback whales in the South Pacific Tony Wu/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Humpback whale songs have statistical patterns in their structure that…
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Why an increasing belief in alien visitations is a real-world problem
About a fifth of the UK’s population now believes Earth has probably been visited by aliens. “Probably” is not “certainly”,…
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How futurism took an abrupt right turn in the 20th century
A painting by Benedetta Cappa Marinetti, wife of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and a fellow futurist Benedetta Cappa Marinett © Galleria…
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032 – how worried should we be?
Asteroids have the potential to cause widespread destruction muratart/Shutterstock Telescopes around the world are currently trained on a building-sized asteroid…
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