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Rude awakenings: How swearing made us human

Life

Rude awakenings: How swearing made us human

Our crudest outbursts can unravel ancient links between words and thoughts. They may even hint at our ancestors' first utterances, finds Tiffany O'Callaghan

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Kalahari trackers who read ice-age life in footprints

Life

Kalahari trackers who read ice-age life in footprints

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Kissing by numbers: Party like it's <i>n</i> = 1999

Physics

Kissing by numbers: Party like it's n = 1999

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Improvise! Shoestring solutions to big physics

Technology

Improvise! Shoestring solutions to big physics

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Rudolph to the rescue: Reindeer geoengineering

Earth

Rudolph to the rescue: Reindeer geoengineering

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Sleeping daredevil: The first dream hacker

Life

Sleeping daredevil: The first dream hacker

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Fresh air and sunshine: The forgotten antibiotics

Health

Fresh air and sunshine: The forgotten antibiotics

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Quantum lab is dazzling vision of computer chip future

Technology

Quantum lab is dazzling vision of computer chip future

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All present: Our pick of the best science gifts

All present: Our pick of the best science gifts

CultureLab

My quantum algorithm won't break the internet… yet

Technology

My quantum algorithm won't break the internet… yet

MIT's Peter Shor explains why he devised an algorithm for a quantum computer that could unravel our online data encryption

Opinion

Gift guide: Our pick of the best science books

CultureLab

Technology

Uncool quantum state survives for record 40 minutes

News

Physics

Noise is the key to quantum computing

Opinion

Physics

Saving time: Physics killed it. Do we need it back?

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