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Physics

A second big bang? The radical idea rewriting dark matter鈥檚 origins

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Health

Sweeteners: The bitter truth about low-calorie sugar substitutes

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Environment

The surprising life and avoidable demise of Earth鈥檚 remarkable oases

Leaders

Physics

Our sketchy understanding of the big bang is ripe for reimagining

Cosmologists have come to see the early universe as a whole series of transformations, or phase transitions, opening the door to intriguing possibilities for what really happened during the big bang

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Space

Euclid space telescope releases its first stunning full-colour images

The European Space Agency鈥檚 Euclid space telescope has released five of its first science images, including an iconic nebula and glistening galaxies

Health

DNA vaccines coding for live viruses could soon be tested in people

Environment

Twin ocean climate anomalies may trigger heat and drought in 2024

Humans

Skull shows man survived surgery to ease brain pressure 2700 years ago

Space

The sun is smaller than we thought it was

Health

Spine stimulator lets man with severe Parkinson’s walk without falling

Health

Eight healthy habits that could slow your rate of ageing

Health

Why is there a shortage of ADHD drugs and what can people do?

Life

Rats squeak with happiness when they are with another rat

Environment

Ocean heat could supply essentially endless clean energy to islands

Physics

Quantum batteries could charge better by breaking rules of causality

Mind

Rats can use imagination to mentally recreate places they’ve visited

Health

Left-handed people have a slight advantage in badminton

Space

Lucy spacecraft found another asteroid behind the asteroid Dinkinesh

Health

Mysterious cannabis-induced vomiting syndrome is on the rise

Technology

Swarm of robots can make collective decisions by imitating bees

Humans

Earliest known war in Europe was a Stone Age conflict 5000 years ago

Environment

Hydrogen is a green fuel despite small warming effect from pipe leaks

Health

Tall children may be at greater risk of some forms of heart disease

Life

Chimpanzees use high ground to scope out rival groups

Earth

Bits of an ancient planet called Theia may be buried in Earth鈥檚 mantle

Health

Sperm sense what they are swimming through and adapt their behaviour

Analysis

Technology

What did the UK’s AI Safety Summit actually achieve?

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak's much-publicised AI summit at Bletchley Park has come to an end, and the result seems to be a promise to hold more summits. At this rate, legislation will struggle to keep pace with the development of AI

Health

We need a wake-up call when it comes to adolescent sleep

Space

Why we need to bring stellar astrophysics into the real world

Aperture

Les scientifiques du CNRS et de l?universit? chilienne d?Antofagasta collectent des ?chantillons et de l?eau sur la Laguna Roja au nord du Chili. Avec un petit canot pneumatique, ils vont s?aventurer sur ce lac d?arsenic pour r?colter avec une bouteille sp?ciale, de l?eau ? diff?rente profondeur pour faire des analyses chimiques et voir si des microorganismes arrivent ? vivre dans ces conditions extr?mes.

Life

Chile’s Atacama salt flats captured in spectacular drone shot

Photographer Olivier Grunewald is documenting the work of researchers studying the origins of life in the inhospitable waters of the Salar de Atacama

Features

Physics

A second big bang? The radical idea rewriting dark matter鈥檚 origins

The enduring mystery of dark matter has led some physicists to propose that it was forged in a distinct moment of cosmic creation, potentially transforming our view of the early universe

Health

Sweeteners: The bitter truth about low-calorie sugar substitutes

Environment

The surprising life and avoidable demise of Earth鈥檚 remarkable oases

Culture

Migrants cross the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border in Piedras Negras, Coahuila state, Mexico, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Mexico, along with President??Joe Biden's administration and the??United Nations, is considering setting up a temporary program to help pre-screen tens of thousands of migrants for US entry eligibility as border crossings increase again. Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Comment

How Migration Really Works review: Prepare to have your mind changed

Hein de Haas鈥檚 decades-long study of global migration should leave you rethinking what you thought you knew about this most divisive subject

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Breaking Twitter review: Musk’s Twitter storm reads like a film script

Comment

The Future review: Doom is booming in a wild tale with a major twist

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Chemistry

Homemade malt is the key to baking the perfect loaf of bread

The secret to a perfect, golden loaf (or tasty brew) is an enzyme in malt. And making your own is easy 鈥� it just takes some barley grains, water and a bit of patience, says Sam Wong

Tom Gauld on the adventures of AI-Chessbot-5000

Twisteddoodles on ways to make a research journal more appealing