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My encounter with a different and deeply mysterious kind of corona

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My encounter with a different and deeply mysterious kind of corona

While teaching solar physics this year, I was once again drawn in by the mystery of why the sun's corona is so inexplicably hot, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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In this pivotal year, rich nations failed woefully on climate justice

Environment

In this pivotal year, rich nations failed woefully on climate justice

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The major science-fiction films that get botany spectacularly wrong

Life

The major science-fiction films that get botany spectacularly wrong

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2021 was the year cryptocurrencies went completely off the rails

Technology

2021 was the year cryptocurrencies went completely off the rails

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Health

Will New Zealand's smoking ban plan work if it ignores vaping?

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Thousands of people march though Central London, UK, on Earth Day on 22 April 2017 to protest against what they see as a threat to experts, evidence and investment in science. Protesters assembled at the Science Museum and marched to Parliament Square. The march, a worldwide event, supports science and evidence-based research and was organized in opposition to Donald Trump's environmental and energy policies. (Photo by Jay Shaw Baker/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Humans

We’ll never understand the universe while we’re drowning in admin

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Lessons from the covid-19 pandemic could help us reduce cyberbullying

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Lessons from the covid-19 pandemic could help us reduce cyberbullying

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Plastic food packaging gets a bad rap, but does it always deserve it?

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Plastic food packaging gets a bad rap, but does it always deserve it?

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Technology

Our global agreement on AI could reduce bias and surveillance

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Technology

Tech companies don’t get science fiction – and that's deeply troubling

Facebook's parent company wants to build a 'metaverse'. The fact that it doesn't grasp the name's connotations is symptomatic of a wider problem, writes Annalee Newitz

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Humans

Why maths should move on from the ancient Greeks

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COP26 could never be a true success without delivering climate justice

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Environment

Our AI is exposing climate misinformation throughout COP26

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Medicine must stop using race and ethnicity to interpret test results

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