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England must act before Christmas to reduce the impact of omicron

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:08:15 +0000

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Super-fast impacts may have made Venus an uninhabitable hellhole

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:01:07 +0000

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Outdoor workers are losing hours due to overheating from deforestation

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:00:31 +0000

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How did the omicron coronavirus variant evolve to be so dangerous?

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:26:14 +0000

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Tardigrade is first multicellular organism to be quantum entangled

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:05:03 +0000

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How reliable are covid-19 lateral flow tests for detecting omicron?

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:54:13 +0000

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Ambergris: What fragrant whale excretions tell us about ancient oceans

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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Ambergris: What fragrant whale ...

Covid-19 news: Pregnant women added to UK’s vaccine priority list

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:00:39 +0000

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Fourteen new species of shrew discovered on an Indonesian island

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:46:11 +0000

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Human brain cells in a dish learn to play Pong faster than an AI

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 08:00:23 +0000

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Human brain cells in a dish learn to ...

Volcanic disaster settles a blanket of ash across La Palma

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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Smart windows keep heat in during winter and let it out in summer

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:00:51 +0000

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NSO iPhone malware builds a computer inside your phone to steal data

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:10:03 +0000

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NSO iPhone malware builds a computer ...

Millipede in Australia is first to actually have more than 1000 legs

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:00:49 +0000

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Millipede in Australia is first to ...

People occupied the Faroe Islands 300 years earlier than we thought

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:00:35 +0000

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Languages could go extinct at a rate of one per month this century

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:00:32 +0000

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Languages could go extinct at a rate of ...

Fires in Brazil's wetlands killed almost 17 million animals in 2020

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:00:28 +0000

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Fires in Brazil's wetlands killed almost ...

T. rex had more powerful jaws than its theropod dinosaur ancestors

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:00:24 +0000

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T. rex had more powerful jaws than its ...

Robotic fish scares invasive species so badly that it cannot breed

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:00:13 +0000

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Large deposits of water found on Mars below the surface at the equator

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:21:16 +0000

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Tougher action needed to stop oak-killing moth's spread in the UK

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:00:44 +0000

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Indigenous groups threatened by gold exploration in remote Amazon

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 13:35:44 +0000

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Milky Way shakes: The cosmic collisions that made our galaxy

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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Perseverance Mars rover uncovers the watery history of Jezero crater

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:54:30 +0000

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Perseverance Mars rover uncovers the ...

Newly hatched gloomy octopuses may seek out light to catch tiny prey

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 09:00:49 +0000

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What is Web3 and how will it change the way we use the internet?

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:00:26 +0000

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Mary Robinette Kowal: An exclusive short story for New Scientist

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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Mary Robinette Kowal: An exclusive short ...

Neanderthals may have cleared a European forest with fire or tools

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:00:44 +0000

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Neanderthals may have cleared a European ...

Sticky robot hand inspired by geckos combines delicacy and strength

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:00:10 +0000

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Scientists keep inventing ways for pigs to breathe via their rectum

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:17:16 +0000

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Scientists keep inventing ways for pigs ...

Freshwater fish can recover from mercury pollution in just a few years

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:00:05 +0000

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Freshwater fish can recover from mercury ...

Photons could be ‘split’ in two to create a weird new form of light

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:06:02 +0000

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Photons could be ‘split’ in two to ...

Ethereum cryptocurrency delays emissions-slashing upgrade again

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:00:26 +0000

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Did monkeys really sail the oceans on floating rafts of vegetation?

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is the first spacecraft to 'touch' the sun

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:55:23 +0000

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AI writes better stories when it works backwards from an ending

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 08:00:24 +0000

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Football matches in top European leagues are becoming more predictable

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:01:52 +0000

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Robotic hand can crush beer cans and hold eggs without breaking them

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:00:37 +0000

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Robotic hand can crush beer cans and ...

Apollo 17 rock sample hints the moon cooled faster than we thought

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:00:28 +0000

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Apollo 17 rock sample hints the moon ...

We’ve seen our galaxy’s huge black hole more clearly than ever before

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 15:00:31 +0000

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Pet dogs respond to an average of 89 distinct words or phrases

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:28:28 +0000

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Pet dogs respond to an average of 89 ...

The usual way to spray medicine up your nose may not be the best

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:00:40 +0000

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Thousands of lives being saved as US moves to less-polluting vehicles

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:00:52 +0000

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Thousands of lives being saved as US ...

Collapse of doomsday glacier in Antarctica could begin within a decade

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 19:33:52 +0000

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A pair of pulsars in a tight embrace have proved Einstein right again

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:00:50 +0000

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The world faces an omicron Christmas but isn’t doing much about it yet

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:01:49 +0000

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The world faces an omicron Christmas but ...

Baffling 'space cow' explosion was probably a failed supernova

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:00:15 +0000

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Log4j software bug is 'severe risk' to the entire internet

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:09:29 +0000

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Don’t Look Up review: The funniest climate change movie so far

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:06:15 +0000

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How to make a beautiful gingerbread house that won't fall down

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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Destructive pest moth stripped of sex appeal by gene editing

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:00:59 +0000

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Two dystopian novels explore how language can be used to control us

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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Babies bond better with strangers when they can smell their mother

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:00:01 +0000

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Babies bond better with strangers when ...

Watch a robot playing table tennis after just 90 minutes of training

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:30:24 +0000

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Will paused Cambo oil plans mark the decline of North Sea drilling?

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:49:36 +0000

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Why won't the West embrace Russia’s highly effective covid-19 vaccine?

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:35:25 +0000

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Will New Zealand's smoking ban plan work if it ignores vaping?

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:12:10 +0000

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Hackers could sabotage 4D printed objects to cause malicious failures

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:00:41 +0000

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Turkeys with pale plumage are more fearful than dark-feathered birds

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:00:16 +0000

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Plants prioritise keeping their flowers cool during hot, dry weather

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:38:50 +0000

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Steven Pinker interview: Why humans aren't as irrational as they seem

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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Ada Lovelace

Tue, 11 May 2021 16:56:08 +0000

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Fix the Planet newsletter: The tide is turning for sea power

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:44:33 +0000

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Fix the Planet newsletter: The tide is ...

Don’t miss: The new science reshaping our relationship with cancer

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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The eerie bioluminescence of the ghost fungus in all its glory

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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Hormone replacement therapy doesn't increase risk of dying early

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:00:10 +0000

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Hormone replacement therapy doesn't ...

Dr. Brain review: Scientifically absurd but strangely entertaining

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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DeepMind AI helps study strange electrons in chemical reactions

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:00:59 +0000

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Tropical forests can regrow within 20 years on some abandoned farmland

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:00:22 +0000

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Tropical forests can regrow within 20 ...

We failed to prevent omicron – can we stop future variants evolving?

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:04:44 +0000

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We failed to prevent omicron – can we ...

Monster cloud of plasma spotted spewing out of a distant star

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:00:44 +0000

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High-tech space sleeping bag could stop vision problems in astronauts

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:00:06 +0000

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London cat 'serial killer' was just foxes, DNA analysis confirms

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 11:17:59 +0000

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London cat 'serial killer' was just ...

We’ll never understand the universe while we’re drowning in admin

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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The Amazon is turning into savannah – we have 5 years to save it

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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The Amazon is turning into savannah – we ...

Lessons from the covid-19 pandemic could help us reduce cyberbullying

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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Snow-proof solar panels keep working even in icy weather

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:00:00 +0000

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Encounter review: A sci-fi road trip that gets lost along the way

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

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Encounter review: A sci-fi road trip ...

How likely are you to get reinfected now that omicron is spreading?

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 19:17:27 +0000

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Interrupting sleep after a few minutes can boost creativity

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 19:00:14 +0000

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How the James Webb telescope will rewrite the story of the universe

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:40:00 +0000

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Laughter Lab at London's Cartoon Museum explores the science of humour

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:16:49 +0000

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An unexpected giant planet is orbiting a massive pair of stars

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:00:21 +0000

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DeepMind experiment shows AI must grow smarter, not just bigger

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:00:02 +0000

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DeepMind experiment shows AI must grow ...

Maria Van Kerkhove interview: What we know about omicron so far

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 15:04:51 +0000

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NASA is launching X-ray telescope to study the science of black holes

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 15:06:16 +0000

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3 of the most exciting space telescopes planned for launch by 2034

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +0000

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Race to start commercial deep-sea mining puts ecosystems at risk

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:48:26 +0000

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Australia’s AI cameras catch over 270,000 drivers using their phones

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:53:42 +0000

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2021 in review: Billions of covid vaccinations given unequally

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:01:10 +0000

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AI reads boring terms and conditions documents so you don't have to

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 08:00:14 +0000

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Zebra finch songs alter the behaviour of their chicks' mitochondria

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:01:56 +0000

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Australia’s planned anti-trolling law may silence political critics

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 22:00:32 +0000

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US Navy is developing GPS that uses cosmic rays to navigate the Arctic

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 16:13:27 +0000

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Omicron variant may make Christmas party infection risk much higher

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:56:19 +0000

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Dinosaur-era swamp ecosystem preserved in amber

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:30:20 +0000

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Dinosaur-era swamp ecosystem preserved ...

Investigation fails to replicate most cancer biology lab findings

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:00:31 +0000

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The way that leaves flutter can reveal when plants need more water

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 08:00:23 +0000

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Extreme lack of sea ice in Hudson Bay puts polar bears under pressure

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 20:54:36 +0000

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Omicron looks set to cause a huge wave of covid-19 around the world

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 17:17:41 +0000

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