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Table of contents
Leaders
News
Physics
Quantum disorder is dependent on who is looking for it
News
Life
Sex may have evolved as a way to pool resources during tough times
News
Environment
Blackbird deaths point to looming West Nile virus threat in the UK
News
Life
The secret of how Greenland sharks can live cancer-free for 400 years
News
Mind
Do we all see red as the same colour? We finally have an answer
News
Space
Two huge black holes merged into one and went flying across the cosmos
News
Life
Chimps and bonobos relieve social tension by rubbing their genitals
News
Physics
Light has been transformed into a 'supersolid' for the first time
News
Humans
Ancient humans used bone tools a million years earlier than we thought
News
Space
The solar system was once engulfed by a vast wave of gas and dust
News
Health
Men taking antibiotics could cut rates of bacterial vaginosis in women
News
Health
Norovirus vaccine pill shows promise against 'winter vomiting' bug
News
Space
Saturn gains 128 moons, giving it more than the other planets combined
News
Space
Speeding star offers a rare glimpse of the Milky Way's galactic centre
News
Life
Male octopus injects female with venom during sex to avoid being eaten
News
Mathematics
'Amazing' spinning needle proof unlocks a whole new world of maths
News
Society
Thousands join 'Stand Up for Science' rallies across the US
News
Space
See a shimmering hourglass-shaped star system in exquisite detail
News
Analysis
Aperture
Features
Culture
More
BrainTwister #64: Matching tiles
Regulars
Technology
Content moderation offers little actual safety on Big Social Media
Comment
Health
How we could achieve dog-level sense of smell – and what it would mean
Comment
Mathematics
How breaking the rules of tic-tac-toe makes it way more fun
Regulars
Tom Gauld on the correct way to refer to space junk
Regulars
