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2PEK6YC Professor Chris Stringer, Head of Human Origins at London's Natural History Museum, moves a cast taken from the a skull of what is said to be a new species in the evolution of man named 'Homo Floresiensis' during a news conference Wednesday Oct. 27, 2004. At left is a cast of Homo Sapiens skull. (AP Photo/Richard Lewis)

Humans

How artefacts are found tells its own story – if we want to hear it

It is easy to overlook the circumstances surrounding the discovery of ancient artefacts, but the insight this gives us into modern lives is just as valuable as the find itself

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RDMM8C Corporate data management system or DMS as a business user privacy concept and social media connection in a 3D illustration style.

Technology

It is more vital now than ever that we reclaim our digital privacy

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ATHENS, GREECE - JULY 23: A woman use umbrella to protect themselves from the sun as they visit the Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill, during a hot weather in Athens, Greece on July 23, 2023. Visits to certain tourist sites, including the Acropolis, home to the Parthenon temple, in Athens, temporarily closed due to a fierce heatwave. (Photo by Costas Baltas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Environment

Fighting climate change means avoiding doomism as well as denial

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2HHFJTC Hundreds of people gather on Port Meadow, Oxford, to protest against sewage release into the River Thames.

Environment

We need rapid political intervention to end sewage pollution crises

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E8X75D Image concept of magnetic levitating above a high-temperature superconductor, cooled with liquid nitrogen.

Technology

New superconductor claims could lead to progress even if they're wrong

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10992243l) A person at a voting booth prepares to cast a paper ballot at a polling location in Bowie, Maryland, USA, 02 November 2020. Americans are participating in early voting ahead of Election Day to choose between re-electing Donald J. Trump or electing Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States to serve from 2021 through 2024. Election voting 2020, Bowie, USA - 02 Nov 2020

Technology

AI can make life easier, but it could seriously distort democracies

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Mind

Cracking consciousness will never be easy but we are making strides

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (13842171a) Packages of prescribtion drugs Ozempic and Wegovy by Novo Nordisk sit on a table in Copenhagen, Denmark, 23 March 2023. US celebrities have credited their weight loss to the FDA-approved medications that are prescribed to treat Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes drugs used as slimming agent, Copenhagen, Denmark - 23 Mar 2023

Health

People think drugs like Wegovy are a quick fix. So what if they are?

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Health

The high cost of CRISPR therapy will stop it getting to most patients

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Colorado, Cortez, Mesa Verde, cliff dwelling, Cliff Palace. (Photo by: Bernard Friel/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Humans

History reveals vital new lessons in how to make our societies better

At a time when the future of human civilisation looks shaky, a reappraisal of how we got here suggests that changing direction may be easier than we think

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Environment

Net-zero aim shouldn't be used to delay action on carbon emissions

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Space

The JWST is already delivering on its promise to transform cosmology

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Environment

We need to go beyond net zero to reverse catastrophic climate damage

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Environment

We already have ethical options for replacing industrial farming

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