Science
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The Milky Way’s black hole may be spinning at top speed
An image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy EHT Our galaxy’s centre…
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The prospectors hunting hydrogen along a US continental rift
New Scientist visited a hydrogen well in Kansas Hyterra/Adler Grey The drilling rig rises several stories above a field normally…
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The Ministry of Time review: Fabulous time travel novel is part-thriller, part-romance
A 19th-century painting of John Franklin’s doomed ship Erebus, trapped in ice Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy The Ministry of TimeKaliane Bradley…
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How to use psychology to feel better about how you look in a swimsuit
Are these holidayers experiencing “seasonal body image dissatisfaction”? Shutterstock/puyalroyo It feels like we have barely left winter in the northern…
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Proba-3: Stunning pictures show the first ever artificial solar eclipse
The sun’s corona, shown similarly to how a human eye would see it during an eclipse, but through a green…
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The radical idea that space-time remembers could upend cosmology
If you wave your hand in front of your face, you won’t notice anything particularly interesting. Perhaps a gentle waft…
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Earth’s mantle may have hidden plumes venting heat from its core
Al Hajar Mountains in Oman L_B_Photography/Shutterstock A section of Earth’s mantle beneath Oman appears to be unusually warm, in what…
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How a US agriculture agency became key in the fight against bird flu
A dangerous strain of bird flu is spreading in US livestock MediaMedium/Alamy Since Donald Trump assumed office in January, the…
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Perseverance rover may hold secrets to newly discovered Mars volcano
A suspected volcano (circled) is close to the large Jezero crater on Mars NASA/JPL/MSSS/JHUAPL/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Aster Cowart A volcano seems to…
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Giant atoms ‘trapped’ for record time at room temperature
Controlling giant atoms could lead to more powerful quantum computers koto_feja/iStockphoto/Getty Images Giant atoms just got a boost as contenders…
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