Science
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Did something just hit Saturn? Astronomers are racing to find out
Is the flash highlighted in blue a data glitch, or something more? Mario Rana Something may have just hit Saturn…
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Mathematicians are chasing a number that may reveal the edge of maths
What lurks at the edge? kertlis/Getty Images Amateur mathematicians are closing in on an unimaginably huge number – one so…
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Rapid bursts of ageing are causing us to entirely rethink how we grow old
At around the age of 40, Maja Olecka’s friend suddenly found she could no longer handle her drink. Quantities of…
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Can a microbe in soil alter your brain chemistry to improve your mood?
Is soil really an antidepressant? Cavan Images/Alamy There are so many colourful claims out there when it comes to gardening,…
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‘Hybrid’ skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens
The cranium of a girl thought to be the offspring of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens parents Israel Hershkovitz A 140,000-year-old hominin skull…
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AI could be about to completely change the way we do mathematics
AI is getting better at handling mathematical research lucadp/Getty Images Is an artificial intelligence revolution about to transform mathematics? Some…
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US government tests new vapour-sniffing drug detector at the border
The VaporID detector can find traces of fentanyl and other substances in the air Elizabeth Denis/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory The…
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Fig trees may benefit climate by turning carbon dioxide into stone
Fig trees may be especially good at removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere Raimund Linke/mauritius images GmbH/Alamy Some fig trees…
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Carbon-offset schemes aren’t prepared for forests to burn
A wildfire burning in the Amazon rainforest Fernando Lessa/Alamy Many of the forest-based carbon-offset schemes certified by the world’s largest…
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We finally understand why quasicrystals can exist
A rendering of a quasicrystal structure LinKayser, Alexey E. Madison, PicoGK, LEAP?71 CC BY-SA 4.0 Quasicrystals are rare and odd,…
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