Science
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Trump’s Golden Dome defence project could spur a space arms race
US President Donald Trump (left), accompanied by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (right), announces the Golden Dome missile defense…
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Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 20 times easier
Quantum computers have long been a potential threat to encryption sakkmesterke/Shutterstock Quantum computers could crack a common data encryption technique…
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Are microplastics in ultra-processed food harming your mental health?
Fast food is often ultra-processed Shutterstock/siamionau pavel Two of the biggest health concerns of the modern age – ultra-processed foods…
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Why birds decorate their nests with weird and unnatural objects
Red kites sometimes put plastic objects in their nests Mike Read / Alamy Stock Photo Birds may decorate nests with…
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Powerful images capture the fragility and resilience of our planet
A panda keeper does a health check on the cub of giant panda Xi Mei at the Wolong Nature Reserve…
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Flash floods sweep through vital sanctuary for Australian animals
A Tasmanian devil is carried to safety by a ranger amid flooding at the Aussie Ark sanctuary Aussie Ark Conservation…
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We assume women are morally superior to men – and that’s a bad thing
The word angelic is considered to be more feminine than masculine Matheus Frade/Unsplash Think of an imaginary person who has…
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Giant ground sloths evolved three different times for the same reason
Ancient sloths came in a variety of sizes Diego Barletta A cooling, drying climate turned sloths into giants – before…
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Ultracold atoms have been ‘hyperentangled’ for the first time
Some of the lab equipment needed to trap laser-cooled atoms Endres Lab Extremely cold atoms have been connected into a…
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New dwarf planet spotted at the edge of the solar system
The orbits of a potential dwarf planet called 2017 OF201 and the dwarf planet Sedna Tony Dunn A potential dwarf…
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