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Life

Why avoiding a sixth mass extinction is easier than it sounds

Putting an end to a mass extinction sounds like an impossible task, but some researchers argue that doing so would be setting our ambitions too low

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Your imagination holds the power to make you healthier and happier

Mind

Your imagination holds the power to make you healthier and happier

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China's national flags flutter in front of a coal-powered power station in Datong, China's northern Shanxi province on November 3, 2021. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP) (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Why the climate crown is ready for China to take – if it wants to

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The complexity of female sex hormones calls for more science, not less

Health

The complexity of female sex hormones calls for more science, not less

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Science is a Pandora's box – but we should open it anyway

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Let's remember that extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence

Life

Let's remember that extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence

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2HCNTB2 Arctic sea with Arctic remnant ice through the Fram Strait near Svalbard

Environment

Mining the Arctic's precious resources is a fool's errand

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Quantum computer circuitry illustration. Conventional computers store information as 'bits', with each transistor holding either a 1 or a 0. Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which operate according to two principles of quantum physics. One of the principles, supposition, allows a qubit to store a 1 and a 0 at the same time. This means two qubits can hold four values at once. The second principle, entanglement, means that the state of one qubit can depend on the state of another. As you expand the number of qubits, the machine becomes exponentially more powerful.

Physics

Quantum theory at 100: Let’s celebrate its power and provocation

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (15184551q) Thousands demonstrate for science and research funding, two areas that have been hit particularly hard by the Trump administration and Elon Musk's cuts via the Department of Government Efficiency, in Washington, on March 7, 2025. The demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial featured scientists, members of Congress, and music performers, among others. Thousands attend pro-science demonstration in Washington, DC, United States - 07 Mar 2025

Society

What politicians so often get wrong about science

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Teenage girl listening to music and playing with push pop toy while lying down on sofa at home

Mind

It is time to close the autism diagnosis gender gap

For decades, autistic women and girls have had to play "diagnostic bingo" before getting their true diagnosis. As new neuroscience offers a fresh understanding of the condition, the time for change is now

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Health

The Ozempic era is only just beginning

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Technology

Should governments really be using AI to remake the state?

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Mind

Understanding conscious experience isn’t beyond the realm of science

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Health

Health scares for a new generation must be tackled with solid science

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