Science
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Is a River Alive? review: Robert Macfarlane is wrong to cast rivers as life forms in new book
Ecuador’s Rio Los Cedros is a source of insight for Robert Macfarlane Murray Cooper/Minden Pictures/Alamy Is a River Alive?Robert Macfarlane…
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How dark energy findings may inspire a new generation of physics nerds
Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Alamy In 1998, astronomers made a startling announcement. Space-time, the unified phenomenon that comprises our universe and…
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Who needs Eurovision when we have the Dance Your PhD contest?
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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Physicists reveal the secret to chopping onions without crying
Cutting onions can be a tearful experience Foster.r/Getty Images If you find yourself crying when chopping onions, physicists have found…
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When it comes to crime, you can’t algorithm your way to safety
Simone Rotella The UK government’s proposed AI-powered crime prediction tool, designed to flag individuals deemed “high risk” for future violence…
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Out of This World and Into the Next review: A doe-eyed look at space exploration is inadequate for the zeitgeist
The Martian’s Mark Watney (Matt Damon): on Mars, but not by choice Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamy Out of this World and into…
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Promises to improve nature are being broken by English house builders
House builders in England are required to create benefits for nature Shutterstock / Jevanto Productions Housing developers in England are…
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What the complete ape genome is revealing about the earliest humans
What are we learning from the genomes of chimps and other apes? S.Tuengler/inafrica.de/Alamy This is an extract from Our Human…
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China’s CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?
A floating solar farm in Huainan City, China is part of the country’s renewable power build-out Imago / Alamy China,…
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Are democratic countries like the UK just climate hypocrites?
Have democratic countries merely offshored their emissions to places like this steel plant in Benxi, China? Jon Bower Pollution/Alamy Since…
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