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The biggest scientific challenges that AI is already helping to crack

Technology

The biggest scientific challenges that AI is already helping to crack

AI isn't just for chatbots – many companies are using it to tackle everything from protein folding and drug development to commercially viable nuclear fusion

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The slippery quest to invent a safer, more effective sunscreen

Health

The slippery quest to invent a safer, more effective sunscreen

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Revealed: What your thoughts look like and how they compare to others’

Mind

Revealed: What your thoughts look like and how they compare to others’

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Placenta: The overlooked organ with a lifelong impact on your health

Health

Placenta: The overlooked organ with a lifelong impact on your health

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Five of the biggest unanswered questions about the proton

Physics

Five of the biggest unanswered questions about the proton

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Life’s hidden laws: The arcane rules of evolution and how they work

Life

Life’s hidden laws: The arcane rules of evolution and how they work

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Beyond Wegovy: Could the next wave of weight-loss drugs end obesity?

Health

Beyond Wegovy: Could the next wave of weight-loss drugs end obesity?

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Molecular structures, computer artwork

Chemistry

One of chemistry's most crucial concepts is in crisis - can we fix it?

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Quantum superposition or quantum entanglement concept illustration. Superposition is the ability of a quantum system to be in multiple states at the same time until it is measured. Quantum entanglement is a physical phenomenon that occurs when pairs or groups of particles are generated or interact in ways such that the quantum state of each particle cannot be described independently.

Physics

Rethinking reality: Is the entire universe a single quantum object?

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Free range pigs digging food in the dirt

Life

How do captive animals really feel, and can we make them happier?

We are finally figuring out the subtle ways that farm and zoo animals reveal their emotional states, from anxiety to optimism and even joy. The insights are also revealing some surprising ways we can improve their lives

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Health

How CRISPR therapy could cure everything from cancer to infertility

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Health

Why so much medical care is years out of date – and how to fix it

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Humans

Utopia: The ancient discoveries that point to the ideal human society

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Humans

The civilisation myth: How new discoveries are rewriting human history

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