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England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edited plants. Hooray!
Normal potatoes like these turn brown when they are sliced open Formatoriginal / Alamy The potatoes I am eating are…
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Nothing is stronger than quantum connections – and now we know why
Quantum correlations are the strongest ones ever measured SAKKMESTERKE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The strange connections between quantum objects are the strongest…
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The Millennium Problems: What 7 fiendishly hard puzzles tell us about the nature of mathematics
How times have changed since the year 2000. In that year, there were a billion fewer people living on the…
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Chronic pain could be eased by learning to regulate negative emotions
Some people live with pain for years or even decades AsiaVision/Getty Images Learning how to regulate negative emotions like anxiety…
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Why physicists keep trying to get rid of space-time entirely
Space-time is considered the fabric of physical reality Science Photo Library/Alamy The first time a physicist told me they wanted…
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Geologic hydrogen: A clean energy source may be lurking beneath mountain ranges
Is there hydrogen to be found beneath the Grisons mountains in Switzerland? Thomas Stoiber / Alamy Mountain ranges could be…
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Landslide rescuers to get help from rapid analysis of seismic data
Local people searching the site of a landslide in Yambali, Papua New Guinea, in 2024 Xinhua/Alamy When a dangerous landslide…
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US government is using AI for unprecedented social media surveillance
Data and AI tools enable broad surveillance of social media Tada Images/Shutterstock The US government is expanding its surveillance of…
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Shingles vaccine linked with lower risk of many common heart problems
A shingles vaccine seems to provide additional benefits Cavan Images / Alamy Vaccination against herpes zoster, better known as shingles,…
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Psychedelics may boost mental health by dampening inflammation
Psilocybin, a psychedelic drug found in some mushrooms, may reduce inflammation Shutterstock / Kyrylo Vasyliev Psychedelic drugs may improve mental…
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