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Technology

Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption

Quantum computers may soon be able to crack encryption methods in use today, so plans are already under way to replace them with new, secure algorithms. Now it seems the US National Security Agency may be undermining that process

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Space

Largest known solar storm struck Earth 14,300 years ago

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Mind

Placebos may ease pain by acting on brain systems linked to emotions

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Environment

Sea level rise is already leading to longer commutes in coastal US

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Life

Pickled snake in museum is a new species – but may already be extinct

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Environment

Robots could make farms more biodiverse with precision crop planting

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Space

JWST should soon glimpse the very first stars born after the big bang

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Environment

London’s drying rivers threaten the city’s drinking water supply

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Mind

Psychedelic health claims may be promoting risky self-medication

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Space

Amazon is launching its first internet satellites to rival Starlink

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Technology

Starlink carbon footprint up to 30 times size of land-based internet

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Life

Hybrid puffins may have emerged in the 20th century due to warming

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Health

Being vegetarian may be partly determined by your genes

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Life

Egg sex screening aims to stop slaughter of billions of male chicks

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Technology

Fractal fingers could let robots securely grasp any shape

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Humans

Humans lived on Spanish plateau during Earth’s last cold snap

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Environment

Global power sector has almost hit peak greenhouse gas emissions

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Health

Hip pain linked to a dozen genetic variants

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Health

Classical music synchronises the audience’s heartbeats and sweating

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Space

Astronomers spotted the highest energy light ever seen from a pulsar

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Life

¿ìè¶ÌÊÓÆµs have only just figured out how cats purr

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