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Cheep taste: The birds that adorn their nests with tat

From stolen underwear to clods of cow dung, some birds feather their nests with all manner of things – but what lies behind the decorative urge?

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

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

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Superheated water makes microwaved eggs explode when you dig in

Physics

Superheated water makes microwaved eggs explode when you dig in

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A 'magic number' of people walking across a bridge makes it sway

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A 'magic number' of people walking across a bridge makes it sway

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Physics

Consciously quantum: How you make everything real

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We’ve figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted

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We’ve figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted

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Why Hawking's PhD thesis is now an internet-breaking inspiration

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Why Hawking's PhD thesis is now an internet-breaking inspiration

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Physics

Quantum code: why building the ultimate computer is the easy bit

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Technology

The dearth of women in tech is nothing to do with testosterone

Arguments over the causes of the gender gap in STEM jobs rage on. It's not due to hormones or innate brain differences, says Lise Eliot

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Physics

The most precise atomic clock ever made is a cube of quantum gas

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Physics

The Renaissance gambler who invented probability to win at cards

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Technology

This qubit redesign may make it easier to make quantum computers

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Physics

What if the diminutive electron isn’t as small as it gets?

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