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Mind

Cracking consciousness will never be easy but we are making strides

Mind

Revealed: What your thoughts look like and how they compare to others鈥�

Health

Placenta: The overlooked organ with a lifelong impact on your health

Physics

Five of the biggest unanswered questions about the proton

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Leaders

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Mind

Cracking consciousness will never be easy but we are making strides

A new way to understand where consciousness comes from and novel insights into subjective thought show that the hard problem of consciousness is worth persevering with

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Mind

Brain scans are putting a major theory of consciousness to the test

A proposed way to measure consciousness called integrated information theory has been tested using data from human brain scans, and seems to work

Physics

Bizarre portal-like 鈥榬ing wormholes鈥� could let you time travel

Life

Ancient alligator had a stubby snout and may have chomped on snails

Life

Pigs open doors to free companions in a possible show of empathy

Technology

What is xAI, Elon Musk鈥檚 new AI company, and will it succeed?

Life

Llamas solve problems faster after watching people do it

Technology

Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

Environment

Bolivia’s surging deforestation alarms environmentalists

Health

Nerve pain from diabetes can be treated with faecal transplants

Mathematics

Decade-long struggle over maths proof could be decided by $1m prize

Space

Stars found hidden in huge cloud wrapped around the Milky Way

Health

Discovery of wrinkle-causing molecules could lead to new cosmetics

Health

Giving birth at an older age is linked to a longer life in women

Space

Meteorite left Earth then landed back down after round trip to space

Life

Bone disease in sabre-toothed tigers may be a sign of inbreeding

Environment

Carbon tax on luxuries is fairer way to cut emissions, finds analysis

Technology

Quantum twist on common computer algorithm promises useful speed boost

Life

Birds from two different species raise chicks together in one nest

Health

Malaria vaccine shows promise against relapsing form of the disease

Life

Early humans made jewellery from giant sloth bones

Life

Some sea snakes have re-evolved the ability to see more colours

Technology

Blanket for electric cars helps preserve battery performance

Analysis

Environment

How can we keep homes cool in extreme heat without air conditioning?

Many northern countries including the UK must adapt homes to cope with hot weather, a study warns 鈥� but there are ways to do this without increasing energy use

Society

Conspiracy theories are the new pandemic infecting public life

Society

Who is researching and shaping science is more crucial than ever

Aperture

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Earth

Stunning image of erupting volcano reminds us of Earth鈥檚 violent past

This photo of Tungurahua, a volcano exploding in the Ecuadorian night, comes from an illustrated book to accompany a TV series about Earth鈥檚 deep history

Features

Mind

Revealed: What your thoughts look like and how they compare to others鈥�

We finally have a grasp on the many different ways of thinking and how your inner mindscape affects your experience of reality

Physics

Five of the biggest unanswered questions about the proton

Health

Placenta: The overlooked organ with a lifelong impact on your health

Culture

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Technology

Kagami review: Mixed-reality gig brings dead headliner back to life

Kagami, a mixed-reality concert at this year's Manchester International Festival, shows the fresh challenges and possibilities of state-of-the-art tech

Comment

Blight review: The threat of a fungi-fuelled pandemic

Comment

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Comment

The Saint of Bright Doors review: Fine debut probes nature of memory

Comment

Oppenheimer review: Great film goes to the heart of atomic warfare

Comment

The Other Pandemic review: Can smart reframing fight conspiracies?

More

2DCB2RF making a mini sandarium for wild bees, bowl is filled with crocks for drainage, series picture 4/18, Germany

Life

Why putting broken pottery in your plant pot won’t help with drainage

Putting a layer of "crocks", or broken pottery, in the base of flower pots won't improve drainage 鈥� and may actually worsen it, says James Wong

Tom Gauld on magic mirrors

Twisteddoodles on chemical reactions

Regulars

Have bite-mark forensics bitten the dust?

Feedback looks at the looking into of who (human and shark) bit what (shark and human)

This Week鈥檚 Letters

Will the planets of our solar system ever line up in a row? (Part 2)

When was the first sunrise on Earth?

Why do cats wash themselves, while dogs don鈥檛?

This week鈥檚 new questions

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