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James Webb Space Telescope’s first deep-field image is stunning
The first science image from the James Webb Space Telescope, presented by US president Joe Biden on 11 July, is…
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Does this gopher ‘farm’ the roots it eats?
Months before making a ground-breaking pocket gopher discovery, Veronica Selden arrived at a grassy pasture in Gainesville, Florida, with two…
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Infertility in some men may be caused by X chromosome mutations
An international study has identified more than 50 genes on the X chromosome in which mutations may cause poor sperm…
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Design work starts on European commercial fusion power station
The EuroFusion consortium hopes its DEMOnstration Power Plant will take fusion power from the lab to commercial electricity supply by…
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Drugs used to treat ADHD and depression may ease Alzheimer’s symptoms
By Grace Wade An MRI scan of a person with Alzheimer’s disease Atthapon Raksthaput/Shutterstock Medications used to treat conditions like…
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Who Is Liable When AI Kills?
Who is responsible when AI harms someone? A California jury may soon have to decide. In December 2019, a person…
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What Air Pollution in South Korea Can Teach the World about Misinformation
Climate change is an issue that is deeply entwined with lifestyle and one that requires collective action to solve. However,…
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Subverting Climate Science in the Classroom
In a drab hearing room in Austin, Tex., members of the State Board of Education, seated at small desks arranged…
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How Parents’ Trauma Leaves Biological Traces in Children
After the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001, in a haze of horror and…
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How the Higgs Boson Ruined Peter Higgs’s Life
Ten years ago scientists announced one of the most momentous discoveries in physics: the Higgs boson. The particle, predicted 48 years…
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