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Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3m Breakthrough prize for pulsars discovery

Physics

Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3m Breakthrough prize for pulsars discovery

Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars – bright, spinning neutron stars – in 1967. Now, she has been awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize for that work

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Liu

Life

Exclusive: Chinese sci-fi genius Cixin Liu on humanity's deadly future

Culture

US Vice President making a speech in front of a NASA logo, an American flag and a picture of the moon

Comment

Why an orbiting moon station is the worst idea of the new space age

Comment

Artificial muscles and prosthetics could be made of gel-infused wood

Physics

Artificial muscles and prosthetics could be made of gel-infused wood

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A 4D-printed model of the Sydney Opera House

Technology

Watch 4D-printed ceramics form elaborate, shape-shifting structures

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Self-healing graphene could make robots that fix themselves with water

Technology

Self-healing graphene could make robots that fix themselves with water

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Cyberman

Life

From Ancillary Justice to Saga, savour the best sci-fi writing

Culture

We might only see time because we can’t think in quantum physics

Physics

We might only see time because we can’t think in quantum physics

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Levitating glass particles are fastest spinning objects ever seen

Space

Levitating glass particles are fastest spinning objects ever seen

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Tiny sensors in your phone could be made from recycled wood

Technology

Tiny sensors in your phone could be made from recycled wood

Minuscule machines that act as sensors in smartphones and other devices can be made from crystals extracted from discarded wood instead of silicon

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Technology

Artificial skin grown from spider silk could help heal wounds

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Life

Don't miss: amateur surgery, aqua-activism and a twisted Turing test

Culture

Physics

Is this our first clue to a world beyond quantum theory?

Features

Health

Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

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