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Physics

Supernova neutrinos could break physics – if we can make sense of them

Neutrinos produced inside an exploding star could betray exotic particles that would lead to a deeper theory of physics. Will our detectors be ready in time for the next nearby supernova?

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Earth

World’s first tunnel to a magma chamber could unleash unlimited energy

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Mind

Why do people get postnatal anxiety and how can we treat it?

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Health

Why tending your oral microbiome is the secret to a long, healthy life

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Space

Have we found filaments of pure energy unleashed during the big bang?

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Environment

Hannah Ritchie: ‘Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful’

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Life

Do animals dream and if so, what about?

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Humans

Test your brain with this fiendish set of museum-themed puzzles

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Physics

Mystery of the quantum lentils: Are legumes exchanging secret signals?

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Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) crawling at Buffalo Zoo, USA. Captivity.

Life

Why are there no flightless bats? We’re closing in on an answer

A careful look at the few bats that can walk on the ground – including the common vampire bat – is helping us understand why evolution has yet to produce a flightless bat

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Mind

15 mind-bending scientific riddles to enjoy solving with your family

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Environment

Arctic cowboys: Meet the people wrangling icebergs for drinking water

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Technology

The future of AI: The 5 possible scenarios, from utopia to extinction

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Life

Inside the milk bank creating infant formula for orphaned animals

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