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Physics

Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality

Just how much of physics is real, and how much of reality is physics? That’s a theme uniting four major new books in the field

Culture

Buckland with big fish

Life

Earwigs and rotten panther: The diet of a Victorian eccentric

Culture

Platanista gangetica gangetica river dolphin

Life

Rare river dolphins get trapped in fishing nets as waters drop

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Humans

Language trends run in mysterious 14-year cycles

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Being popular is good for health - in monkeys, at least

Life

Being popular is good for health - in monkeys, at least

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Coal-fired power plant

Earth

Finland set to become first country to ban coal use for energy

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harbour porpoises swim underwater

Life

Porpoises plan their dives and can set their heart rate to match

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Projected sprite makes Shakespeare’s <i>The Tempest</i> a messy triumph

Technology

Projected sprite makes Shakespeare’s The Tempest a messy triumph

Culture

Flying machines and chickens: The art of thinking about science

Life

Flying machines and chickens: The art of thinking about science

Culture

EM drive

Space

Is new talk of interstellar drive too good to be true?

Speculation about the EM drive, a proposed fuel-free, physics-busting starship engine, is back but is it still strictly for dreamers, wonders Geraint Lewis

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Technology

Energy-efficient engine turns waste hot water into electricity

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Life

Hacker, the humpback whale who got tangled in an internet cable

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Health

Old ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1

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Life

Pilot whales babysit each other’s young while swimming in groups

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