Science
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Black Mirror returns full of delights and disappointments
Elena Tulaska (Milanka Brooks) in USS Callister: Into Infinity Nick Wall/Netflix Black MirrorCharlie BrookerNetflix When Black Mirror began in 2011,…
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Quantum GPS can help planes navigate when regular GPS is jammed
Quantum GPS could help future pilots navigate LightField Studios Inc./Alamy A quantum magnetic navigation system has been tested to guide…
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Claims of alien life are overhyped – and miss the real accomplishment
Real aliens may not be so obvious, if we ever find them Naeblys/Alamy If you’re the kind of person who…
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New colour seen for the first time by tricking the eyes
Our retinas could be made to see a vivid shade of blue-green MikeCS images/Alamy Five people have witnessed an intense…
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Defy review: Why saying no is so hard and what we can do about it
Whether you are at the hairdresser’s or at work, the ability to say no is always crucial Martin Parr/Magnum Photos DefySunita…
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Images capture the timeless beauty of America’s ancient forests
Bristlecone Pine Forest, California Mitch Epstein Gnarled, wild and majestic: these two very different trees in California form part of…
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Slices of wood can filter bacteria and microplastics from water
Douglas fir wood can be turned into a water filter Janet Horton / Alamy Stock Photo Slices of wood can…
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Artificial light pollution could fuel growth of toxic algal blooms
Cyanobacteria blooming in Lake Windermere, UK Ashley Cooper pics/Alamy Communities around the world trying to manage blooms of toxic algae…
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Most accurate space clock set to launch – and count down to destruction
Canadarm2, the robotic arm on the ISS built by the Canadian Space Agency ESA/NASA The most accurate clock in space…
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Hot methane seeps could support life beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet
Researchers collecting rock samples in Antarctica in the 1960s Polar Rock Repository Microbes living beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet may survive…
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