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Physics

How a simple physics experiment could reveal the 鈥渄ark dimension鈥�

Humans

Why did humans evolve big brains? A new idea bodes ill for our future

Health

The vital viruses that shape your microbiome and your health

Leaders

Technology

Governments bans on quantum computer exports have no basis in science

Several nations around the world have placed arbitrary limits on the export of quantum computers, despite today's devices having little practical use. The restrictions are counterproductive and at odds with the scientific method

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Life

Stunning blue-skinned frog is a rare genetic mutant

The magnificent tree frog (Litoria splendida) is normally a vibrant green, but conservationists in Australia have spotted a blue-skinned individual

Technology

Google creates self-replicating life from digital ‘primordial soup’

Humans

Britain saw centuries of economic growth under Roman rule

Mathematics

Physicists figured out the ideal container size for pistachio shells

Environment

Flower farm could supply nickel for electric vehicle batteries

Environment

‘Butter’ made from CO2 could pave the way for food without farming

Chemistry

Weird form of ‘dangling’ ice spotted in space for the first time

Health

Gene therapy could prevent the tau tangles linked with Alzheimer’s

Life

Vivid snake species with blue lips and yellow eyes is new to science

Health

The temperature of your face could help diagnose medical conditions

Life

More than 100 shark species may face major population declines by 2100

Technology

Computer viruses can spread by using ChatGPT to write sneaky emails

Humans

50,000-year-old picture of a pig is the oldest known narrative art

Physics

Incredibly complex mazes discovered in structure of bizarre crystals

Technology

Multiple nations enact mysterious export controls on quantum computers

Environment

Making roofs white or reflective is the best way to keep a city cool

Humans

Ancient Denisovans hunted snow leopards on the Tibetan plateau

Analysis

Health

Is ultra-processed food unhealthy? Here’s why no one can agree

While ultra-processed food is the latest buzzword in nutrition, the scientific evidence for how it affects our health continues to point in different directions. Why can't researchers just tell us the perfect diet?

Environment

Thousands of US dams may be unprepared for extreme rain

Mind

Why taking our grief out into nature can help us heal

Earth

What would Earth look like in 25 years? I asked the experts

Aperture

Arctic Dragon ? Carina Letelier Baeza (Chile) This impressive aurora, which seemingly takes the form of a dragon, was the result of a geomagnetic storm (level G2) generated by a coronal mass ejection. The photo was captured at the Arctic Henge, which was one of the only places in Iceland with clear skies that night. Taken with a Nikon D810A camera, 14 mm f/1.8, ISO 6,400, 2.5-second exposure Location: Raufarh?fn, Iceland, 25 February 2023

Space

These stunning images made the shortlist for space photo competition

See some of the dazzling pictures that were shortlisted for the annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition

Features

Physics

How a simple physics experiment could reveal the 鈥渄ark dimension鈥�

Could the universe's missing matter be hiding in a "dark" extra dimension? We now have simple ways to test this outlandish idea - and the existence of extra dimensions more generally

Humans

Why did humans evolve big brains? A new idea bodes ill for our future

Health

The vital viruses that shape your microbiome and your health

Culture

Comment

Why do teenagers take such risks? A new book has some answers

An eye-opening new book by psychologist Lucy Foulkes lifts the lid on the surprisingly rational strategies behind the risky behaviours of adolescence, finds Catherine de Lange

Comment

快猫短视频 recommends Martha Wells’s sci-fi novella All Systems Red

Comment

Why many inventions, from flying cars to smart robots, fail to launch

Comment

Cute housebot Sunny lures us into an intriguing and flawed TV show

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Life

Why you shouldn’t believe claims you can grow a rose in a potato

Social media assures us that we can grow a rose cutting in a raw potato. But you're better off sticking with tried and tested methods of rose propagation, says James Wong

Tom Gauld: “How are your experiments going?”

Twisteddoodles on a cute new addition to the team