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Humanitarian aid guided by satellite data may harm marginalised groups

Policy-makers can use satellite data to quickly identify areas of the world in need of humanitarian aid, but it might contain bias against marginalised groups that compromises policy goals

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Why is it so hard to say whether plants are toxic or safe?

Health

Why is it so hard to say whether plants are toxic or safe?

Comment

Real milk, no cows needed: Lab-made dairy products are now a reality

Technology

Real milk, no cows needed: Lab-made dairy products are now a reality

Features

States of matter: The unthinkable forms beyond solid, liquid and gas

Physics

States of matter: The unthinkable forms beyond solid, liquid and gas

Features

Chainmail arch supporting weight

Technology

3D-printed chain mail alternates between flexibility and rigidity

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Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar

Space

From Interstellar to Hidden Figures: 12 of the best space movies

Culture

The secret to keeping beetroot a beautiful red when you bake it

The secret to keeping beetroot a beautiful red when you bake it

Regulars

How fast does the earth spin

Question

How fast does Earth spin?

Chris Mason interview: Let's tweak human DNA for life on other planets

Earth

Chris Mason interview: Let's tweak human DNA for life on other planets

Features

flexible ice

Physics

New kind of ice is so bendy it can curl and uncurl without breaking

A single ice crystal formed into a thin strand can bend almost into a circle and then snap back into its original shape, making it the most elastic form of water ice ever made

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Lubricant found in a beetle's leg is more slippery than Teflon

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Technology

China beats Google to claim the world's most powerful quantum computer

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Physics

Steel foil coated with nanowires does backflips out of water

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Technology

Quantum data link established between two distant Chinese cities

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