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US military launches initiative to find the best q...
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to know which of the quantum computer...
Trump budget cuts would eliminate much of NOAA’s c...
Proposed cuts would wipe out NOAA’s Ocean and Atmospheric Research office among a raft of other redu...
Bronze naval ram from Roman battle recreated using...
Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle ...
Methane-eating bacteria are ready to capture landf...
Bioreactors housing methane-eating bacteria could offer a portable, off-grid solution for soaking up...
Dolphins are dying from toxic chemicals banned sin...
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are commonly found in the bodies of short-beaked common dolphins th...
Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed wi...
Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the book club’s thoughts on our latest read, the weird and wil...
Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a “great gaudy ...
The author of the award-winning classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the New Scientist...
Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven...
In this extract from the classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the New Scientist Book C...
Inside the hunt for unknown minerals in super-deep...
Diamonds formed in Earth’s lower mantle contain tiny flecks of minerals that are helping us understa...
The evolution of easier births means slower walkin...
Wider hips may make childbirth easier, but increase the risk of other health issues
Denisovan fossil from Taiwan gives clue to mysteri...
A fossil jawbone found by fishers in the Taiwan Strait has extended the known range of ancient Denis...
Where Schrödinger’s cat came from – and why it’s g...
Schrödinger called his metaphorical cat “quite ridiculous” but the quantum weirdness it represents h...
Should we give up on recycling plastic?
Globally, only 14 per cent of the plastic we use is recycled – but some countries achieve higher rat...
AI-powered chilli spray could deter bears without ...
A machine controlled by AI that sprays bears with the chilli pepper chemical capsaicin could reduce ...
Archaeologists uncover settlement from golden age ...
A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom ...
Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existe...
Solvej Balle's newly translated speculative novel, On the Calculation of Volume (parts I and II), ex...
US congressional speeches are getting less evidenc...
An AI analysis finds that since the 1970s, speeches by US Congress members have shifted to favour la...
Why quantum computers may continue to fail a key t...
There have been several claims of quantum computers performing at a level impossible to match with a...
