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Mind

Science isn't as solid as it should be – but science can fix it

Unconscious biases and data-torturing are weakening our knowledge base – but unlike politicians and bankers, scientists aren't covering up their failings

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Carroll

Physics

It's mind-blowing what our puny brains can do

Opinion

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Health

Why so much science research is flawed – and what to do about it

Features

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Space

Feedback: Lawmakers’ raw milk celebrations hit a sour note

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Coltrane

Physics

Bananas and jazz help us penetrate physics – but only so far

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Life

Feedback: Blue miracle tonic is high on pH, low on evidence

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Puzzle game launched to help program quantum computers

Technology

Puzzle game launched to help program quantum computers

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Physics

Feedback: Quantum theory and the science of queueing

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Space

Beyond experiment: Why the scientific method may be old hat

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Physics

With science if at first you don’t succeed, keep trying

The discovery of gravitational waves and string theory’s long search for vindication illustrate a truism: to be right in science, first prepare to be wrong

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Physics

Quantum weirdness may hide an orderly reality after all

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Competition: Your chance to have a sci-fi idea made into a film

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Space

Feedback: Mars is blue, says chronicler of space oddities

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Physics

Frozen quantum gas tied into knots for the first time

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