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We have run out of new visions of the future. This needs to change

Society

We have run out of new visions of the future. This needs to change

Societies can be united and inspired by ideas of the future. We urgently need more of them, argues futurist Sarah Housley

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Technology

Why are weather forecasting apps so terrible?

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Illustration of a teenage girl who is the offspring of a Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) mother and Denisovan (Homo sapiens denisova) father. A bone fragment with this hybrid ancestry was found in the Denisova Cave in Russia. The bone belonged to a female who was at least 13 years old and died around 90,000 years ago. It was known from genetic analysis of other fossils that the two species had interbred, but this is the first first-generation offspring of such a pairing to be found.

Humans

Understanding the Denisovans means understanding ourselves

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Lunar Crater Radio Telescope: Illuminating the Cosmic Dark Ages This illustration depicts a conceptual Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Moon?s far side. The early-stage concept is being studied under grant funding from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program but is not a NASA mission. Credit: Vladimir Vustyansky

Space

Could a huge lunar telescope be our best chance of spotting aliens?

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Why do we love fake lips, but hate fake meat?

Mind

Why do we love fake lips, but hate fake meat?

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A new angle on brain health could bring much-needed new treatments

Health

A new angle on brain health could bring much-needed new treatments

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Cyclists and commuters make their ways home in evening sunshine at the junction of Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill in the City of London, aka the Square Mile - the capital's financial district, on 4th April 2023, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)

Technology

I'm a cyclist. Will the arrival of robotaxis make my journeys safer?

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We need to establish free internet access as a standalone human right

Technology

We need to establish free internet access as a standalone human right

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Physics

Why no one can agree on what quantum physics really means

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Senior couple (aged 65-69) hiking together on a coastal path

Health

Why ageing doesn't have to mean years of poor health

A new measure of ageing says today's older people are the healthiest ever – keeping the trend going won't be easy, however

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Humans

Introvert, extravert, otrovert? There's a new personality type in town

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Trees have a microbiome inside them? This is both obvious and profound

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Health

We should consider testing Ozempic on healthy people

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Physics

What happens to light's energy when it redshifts? It's complicated

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