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Digital devices may help keep older people cognitively sharp
Smartphones may boost cognitive health by helping people stay socially connected EvgeniyShkolenko/Getty Images There is much concern about the notion…
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How to spot Haumea, one of the solar system’s strangest objects
An artist’s illustration of Haumea Science Photo Library/Alamy I find the outer reaches of our solar system fascinating. It’s a…
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Electrical synapses genetically engineered in mammals for first time
A light micrograph of a section of a whole mouse brain, with nerve cells colourfully labelled ARTHUR CHIEN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY…
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US military launches initiative to find the best quantum computer
The control room at quantum computer start-up Quantinuum Quantinuum The US military has launched an effort to determine who may…
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Trump budget cuts would eliminate much of NOAA’s climate research
Protestors gathered in March outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Trump administration…
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Bronze naval ram from Roman battle recreated using ancient techniques
A ship’s ram found near Sicily that had been used in the Punic wars Peter Horree/Alamy Ancient Greek and Roman…
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Ringworld: Read a short extract of Larry Niven’s sci-fi epic for April’s Book Club
“But Louis Wu had gone alone, jumping ahead of the midnight line, hotly pursued by the new day” … Larry…
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Ringworld: Larry Niven discusses Dyson Spheres, the science of Ringworld and success
“Why not build just the equator? Much cheaper.” Alamy Stock Photo Somebody told me about Dyson spheres in the mid-1970s.…
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Book Club reviews: Readers give their honest thoughts on Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva
Michel Nieva and his novel, Dengue Boy We have read all sorts in the New Scientist Book Club, from Octavia…
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Methane-eating bacteria are ready to capture landfill emissions
Landfills are a major source of methane emissions Norma Jean Gargasz / Alamy Stock Photo Methane leaks from sites like…
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