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Health

Is CBD a wonder drug or waste of money? Here’s what the evidence says

Society

Disinformation wars: The fight against fake news in the age of AI

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Environment

Can massive solar power expansion regenerate the US鈥檚 iconic prairies?

Leaders

Health

Cannabis for medical use is soaring but the research is lagging behind

With more of us turning to cannabis and its compounds for medical reasons than ever before, we need solid research to tell us what it really does to the body and mind

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A note from our editor on 快猫短视频 Live 2023

With just a few weeks to go, now is the time to grab your tickets to the world鈥檚 greatest festival of ideas, says Emily Wilson

Environment

Risk of mass deaths as heatwaves start to pass survivability threshold

Space

Asteroid hit by NASA spacecraft is behaving unexpectedly

Humans

Terracotta Army shoes reveal secrets of ancient Chinese footwear

Mathematics

Mathematicians find 12,000 solutions for fiendish three-body problem

Earth

Tonga volcano unleashed underwater flows that reshaped the seafloor

Health

Covid-19 linked to elevated risk of type 1 diabetes in young children

Technology

Electrically charged mist could help capture carbon from power plants

Life

Huge rewilding project will release 2000 white rhinos across Africa

Humans

Cave art pigments show how ancient technology changed over 4500 years

Life

Spotted salamander eggs hatch more easily if nibbled by predators

Technology

Smart toilets could leak your medical data, warn security experts

Life

Ancient mini koala may help solve mystery of early marsupial evolution

Life

Red imported fire ants with painful bites have taken hold in Europe

Health

Human kidneys have been partially grown in pigs for the first time

Health

Westerners sleep later on weekends than people in Asia

Technology

GPT-4 wins chatbot lawyer contest 鈥� but is still not as good as humans

Technology

Quantum batteries that charge wirelessly might never lose efficiency

Life

Our ultra-mobile arm joints may have evolved for climbing down trees

Health

New type of brain cell discovered that acts like hybrid of two others

Environment

Earth has just seen its hottest three-month spell on record

Physics

Pumps that beat like the heart could increase energy efficiency

Life

Gannets prefer to roll either right or left when they dive

Humans

Mysterious ancient stones were deliberately made into spheres

Analysis

Society

Can the UK鈥檚 new ARIA science agency deliver 鈥榤oonshot鈥� technologies?

Originally dreamed up by Dominic Cummings, the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) has been tasked with a high-risk, high-reward approach to research funding

Technology

Developing the ‘sharenting’ habit prenatally has consequences

Physics

How soap operas can help us understand special relativity

Aperture

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Life

Fascinating photos of fungi show their diversity

Mycologists Danny Newman and Roo Vandegrift spent more than a decade scouting for fungi in the threatened Los Cedros reserve in Ecuador. See some of their finds here

Features

Health

Is CBD a wonder drug or waste of money? Here’s what the evidence says

Claims about the health benefits of cannabidiol have outpaced credible research, but CBD does show some real promise

Society

Disinformation wars: The fight against fake news in the age of AI

Environment

Can massive solar power expansion regenerate the US鈥檚 iconic prairies?

Culture

Close up of digital eye with layered graphics

Comment

The Coming Wave review: How AI reshapes our world

How powerful is artificial intelligence? Where has it sprung from? Mustafa Suleyman's The Coming Wave is one of four disquieting books which set out to explore AI's hold on the world

Comment

Ten Trips review: What tripping taught an academic about psychedelics

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Starter Villain review: Big questions laced with absurdist humour

E036X7 Constellation Cygnus (Cyg), one of the modern constellations from "Constellations" serie

Space

It’s a great time to see the Cygnus constellation 鈥� here’s how

You can currently see Cygnus and its lovely stars, including stunning double star Albireo, from almost anywhere in the world, says Abigail Beall

Tom Gauld on taking time to smell the roses

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