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Why I still love reckoning with the quantum gravity problem
“General relativity lurks everywhere in physics…” MikeCS images/Alamy I rarely write much about it in my research papers, but every…
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Excavation in Sudan shows Roman Empire wasn’t as mighty as it claimed
Humans When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by…
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Will we ever have confirmation of life outside our solar system?
Artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18b A. Smith/N. Mandhusudhan One of the strongest signs of life outside Earth was announced…
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Why the dire wolf de-extinction claims are the tip of the iceberg
Colossal Biosciences says it has revived the dire wolf Colossal Biosciences “I trust people who are wealthy,” said a participant…
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A classic hacking technique works on some quantum computers
A quantum computer at IBM IBM The laws of quantum mechanics make it impossible to copy quantum information, but that…
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Does the shipping industry’s plan for net zero add up?
Shipping accounts for 3 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions Suphanat Khumsap/Getty Images Excess emissions from international shipping will…
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It’s good to have a word describing why going viral is now meaningless
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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No need to stop the “brain rot”: modern kids aren’t less intelligent
George Orwell once wrote that every generation “imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it,…
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Antikythera mechanism: Ancient computer’s gears may not have been able to turn
A piece of the Antikythera mechanism LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images The Antikythera mechanism, a mysterious ancient Greek device that is often…
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More Everything Forever review: Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros
A future human base on Mars, as imagined by Elon Musk’s SpaceX SpaceX More Everything ForeverAdam Becker (Basic Books On sale 22…
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