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Earth science

Kalahari trackers who read ice-age life in footprints

Life

Kalahari trackers who read ice-age life in footprints

Generations of archaeologists puzzled over ice-age footprints in French caves – but these three men can read them like a book

Features

Kissing by numbers: Party like it's <i>n</i> = 1999

Physics

Kissing by numbers: Party like it's n = 1999

Features

All spruced up: Breeding a better Christmas tree

Life

All spruced up: Breeding a better Christmas tree

Features

Goodwill hunting: Random ants of kindness

Life

Goodwill hunting: Random ants of kindness

Features

Fresh air and sunshine: The forgotten antibiotics

Health

Fresh air and sunshine: The forgotten antibiotics

Features

Quantum lab is dazzling vision of computer chip future

Technology

Quantum lab is dazzling vision of computer chip future

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Gift guide: Our pick of the best science books

Gift guide: Our pick of the best science books

CultureLab

All present: Our pick of the best science gifts

All present: Our pick of the best science gifts

CultureLab

My quantum algorithm won't break the internet… yet

Technology

My quantum algorithm won't break the internet… yet

Opinion

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Technology

Uncool quantum state survives for record 40 minutes

Atoms that can survive in the fragile quantum state of superposition at room temperature could make quantum computers more practical

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Physics

Noise is the key to quantum computing

Opinion

Physics

Saving time: Physics killed it. Do we need it back?

Features

Physics

Entangled toy universe shows time may be an illusion

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Technology

Minecraft gets quantum blocks in Google mod

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