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2023 news review

Read 51¶¯Âþ’s selection of the biggest science and technology news stories of 2023
Smart Guide to 2012: Neutrinos may be tachyons

Physics

Smart Guide to 2012: Neutrinos may be tachyons

Next year, experiments will test claims of particles breaking the cosmic speed limit - but how to meld these misbehaving particles with the rest of physics?

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How crossword puzzles mess with your mind

Health

How crossword puzzles mess with your mind

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The hard way: Our odd desire to do it ourselves

The hard way: Our odd desire to do it ourselves

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Rhyme and reason: The Victorian poet scientists

Physics

Rhyme and reason: The Victorian poet scientists

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Scott, Amundsen… and Nobu Shirase

Earth

Scott, Amundsen… and Nobu Shirase

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Dot-dash-diss: The gentleman hacker's 1903 lulz

Technology

Dot-dash-diss: The gentleman hacker's 1903 lulz

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Smart Guide to 2012: Higgs hunt is all about catching Zs

Physics

Smart Guide to 2012: Higgs hunt is all about catching Zs

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Scrunch time: The peculiar physics of crumpled paper

Physics

Scrunch time: The peculiar physics of crumpled paper

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The dust library

Physics

The dust library

Specks of dust are as unique as snowflakes – but no one had ever paid much attention to what individual particles are made of. Until now. Kate Douglas reports

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Space

We have drift off: Balloons to the edge of space

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Physics

Entangled diamonds blur quantum-classical divide

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Physics

LHC antimatter anomaly hints at new physics

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Physics

Ultimate guide to the multiverse

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