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Humans

Exploring ‘Aquaterra’, the drowned continent walked by our ancestors

A continent's worth of land inhabited by ancient people has been submerged by rising seas over the past 20,000 years. Now we're discovering its secrets

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Physics

Quantum computers are revealing an unexpected new theory of reality

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Environment

Why rescuing the climate and saving biodiversity go hand in hand

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Life

Tanja Bosak interview: How Perseverance will hunt for life on Mars

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Life

Human-like intelligence in animals is far more common than we thought

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Life

Not so vanilla: The mission to spice up our favourite flavour

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Health

Amplifying our ancient immune system could help fight future pandemics

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Physics

Is there an ancient black hole at the edge of the solar system?

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Earth

Huge rogue waves rise from nowhere to sink ships. Can we predict them?

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Humans

Kate Crawford interview: How AI is exploiting people and the planet

Beyond the headline breakthroughs, artificial intelligence is a global industrial complex. Having explored its political and social implications, Kate Crawford at Microsoft Research is now focusing on the infrastructure underpinning AI

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Environment

Green spaces aren’t just for nature – they boost our mental health too

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Environment

Aircraft contrails are a climate menace. Can we rid the sky of them?

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Environment

Mark Carney interview: Rethink capitalism to solve the climate crisis

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Health

Think yourself younger: Psychological tricks that can help slow ageing

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