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Black hole

Space

Parallel universes could solve a big problem with black holes

The black hole firewall paradox has been vexing physicists for years. But if quantum laws lead to the creation of other universes, the headache disappears

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The Dark Judges from <em>2000 AD</em>: No Future

The Dark Judges from 2000 AD: No Future

Culture

Starry Night painting

Technology

New blues: The quest to make the world’s rarest colour

Features

quantum computing

Technology

2018 preview: Quantum computers to overtake ordinary machines

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bird in nest

Life

Cheep taste: The birds that adorn their nests with tat

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book pages

Humans

We are not amused: Victorian experiments not to try at home

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sloth

Life

Busy doing nothing: How sloths mastered life in the slow lane

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calendar artwork

Humans

Calendar synaesthesia: The people who can see time

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ski tips

Earth

’Sno substitute: The ecological cost of fake flakes on the piste

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fight painting

Life

Grapes of wrath: How a New World import destroyed French wine

France’s vineyards were ravaged by a mystery invader in the 19th century – leading to enforced sobriety and some unforeseen consequences for society

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Humans

How bumbling British boffins became a standing Russian joke

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Earth

England's soggy place names could predict the climate future

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Humans

The secrets of your past that lurk inside your ears

Features

Life

Inside the secret chocolate garden built to avert a cocoa crisis

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