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How scientists are cracking historical codes to reveal lost secrets

Deciphering encrypted messages from centuries past is a painstaking process. But linguists and computer scientists are starting to automate it, with some sensational results

Features

Disinformation wars: The fight against fake news in the age of AI

Society

Disinformation wars: The fight against fake news in the age of AI

Features

Industrial smoke stack

Technology

Electrically charged mist could help capture carbon from power plants

News

Members of SafeStreetRebel, a group of anonymous anti-car activists, place a cone on a self-driving robotaxi to disable it in San Francisco, California on July 11, 2023. Members of SafeStreetRebel, a group of anonymous anti-car activists, have been actively calling for participants to help protest the spread of robotaxis for malfunctioning and blocking traffic. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

Our priorities are all wrong when it comes to new technologies

Comment

Oxygen-28 has 8 protons and 20 neutrons

Physics

Super-heavy oxygen hints at problem with the laws of physics

News

RDMM8C Corporate data management system or DMS as a business user privacy concept and social media connection in a 3D illustration style.

Technology

It is more vital now than ever that we reclaim our digital privacy

Leader

Turtles can accumulate radioactive material in their shells

Life

Turtles keep a record of nuclear activity in their shells

News

A fantasy alien planet

Space

Aliens on low-oxygen worlds may never discover fire

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Environment

Will sinking tonnes of wood into the ocean help tackle climate change?

Analysis

Technology

Extremely thin lightweight lenses take amazing images of the universe

Small, flat “metalenses” are made up of billions of nano-sized components, and they could image the cosmos using less space on a satellite than bulkier traditional devices

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Technology

Shirt woven with metal could help medical implants communicate

News

Technology

Oppenheimer: What led to the physicist's downfall?

Culture

Chemistry

Widely used chemicals can now be made without using toxic gas

News

Environment

Should Japan dump Fukushima's radioactive water into the ocean?

Analysis