Science
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Light-based computers are getting close to a commercial launch
PACE, a light-based computer chip made by Lightelligence Lightelligence Computers that use light rather than electricity to represent and manipulate…
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Arabia has been green for long spells in the past 8 million years
Al-Ahsa oasis is a rare green patch in Saudi Arabia today Michael Runkel/Robert Harding/Alamy Today Arabia is a scorching desert,…
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Largest mammalian brain map ever could unpick what makes us human
An artistic representation of more than 1000 cells from a brain map, with each neuron a different colour The Allen…
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Plant-based waterproof material could replace single-use plastics
A cup made from transparent paperboard Noriyuki Isobe (JAMSTEC) A waterproof, plant-based material that degrades quickly in the ocean could…
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Can Amazon’s soon-to-launch Kuiper satellites rival Musk’s Starlink?
United Launch Alliance is due to send 27 Kuiper satellites into low Earth orbit as Amazon begins a full-scale deployment…
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What the surprising lives of solitary animals reveals about us
Paul Souders/Getty Images Lonesome George, the last of the Pinta Island tortoises, died in 2012, leaving no offspring. His solitude…
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What politicians so often get wrong about science
Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Shutterstock What does science get us? That’s always the question from those who fund it, but not from those…
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Space could emerge from time
Some physicists are questioning the idea of space-time SAKKMESTERKE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Physicists of the 19th century assumed that space was…
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What the new science of magic reveals about perception and free will
When Gustav Kuhn was 13, a friend pulled an egg out of his ear. Kuhn was astounded – but his…
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The hunt for the birthplace of Indo-European languages
It’s incredibly tricky to pin down the origin of the language that led to the words spoken everywhere between Spain…
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