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Olivia Williams and Olivia Colman

Humans

Mosquitoes: Staring into the heat death of the universe

Stuffed with ideas about the cosmos, particle physics, truth, families – even horoscopes - a new London play doesn’t deal in easy answers or cosy compromises

Culture

explosion in desert

Physics

Bigger bang theory: teach atoms new tricks to beef up explosives

Features

geometric artwork

Physics

The geometry that could reveal the true nature of space-time

Features

Mist of spores emerging from fungus

Life

Fungi use water droplet cannons to fling spores into the breeze

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bee

Life

Maths explains how bees can stay airborne with such tiny wings

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Foggy background forest with outline of child in the foreground

Physics

Aliens slumbering for billions of years are out there – really?

Comment

Bouncing gel balls

Technology

Screaming gel balls reveal a way to power soft but noisy robots

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Plastics made fireproof thanks to mother-of-pearl mimic

Technology

Plastics made fireproof thanks to mother-of-pearl mimic

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MIT quantum simulator

Technology

Quantum simulator with 51 qubits is largest ever

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Diagram showing three-body system

Space

The cosmic dance of three dead stars could break relativity

Do we have the first hints that Einstein is about to be proven wrong? A stellar system discovered in 2012 looks like the ideal experiment to tell us

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Health

Brexiteers must not risk UK’s nuclear future by leaving Euratom

Comment

Physics

Five things physicists hate about physics

Features

Space

When is a black hole not a black hole? When it’s a boson star

Features

Technology

Quantum cheques could be a forgery-free way to move money

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