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Crowdsourcing Wikipedia’s encyclopedia: Best ideas of the century

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Crowdsourcing Wikipedia’s encyclopedia: Best ideas of the century

The internet is typically defined by conflict. Yet a crowdsourced encyclopedia, open for anyone to edit, has transformed into one of the world's most essential knowledge hubs

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Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI

Mathematics

Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI

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TX DATE:16-01-2022,TX WEEK:03,EMBARGOED UNTIL:11-01-2022 00:00:01,DESCRIPTION:Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on Tuesday 11/01/2022 - Picture shows: Sir David Attenborough Sir David Attenborough holding the seed head of a Bulrush, Typha latifolia, Cambridge, UK. Each may contain a quarter of a millions seeds, tightly packed together. These are released over a period of months, increasing the chances that at least some of them will be blown by the wind to new areas of water, where they can germinate. ,COPYRIGHT:BBC Studios,CREDIT LINE:BBC Studios

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The best new science documentaries of 2026

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Humans

Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

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Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a Miocene ape

Humans

Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or did it walk upright?

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Space

Putting data centres in space isn't going to happen any time soon

Analysis

Technology

Disney and OpenAI have made a surprise deal – what happens next?

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New Scientists inside a science base in the Moon conduct a variety of humorous experiments. We see a cat chasing after a giant laser beam; a scientist being eaten by a venus fly trap, a star falling through a Christmas tree as a scientist tries and fails to put it on top, a scientist going to a 'moonshine' bar, robots attending a seminar, a scientist trapping a human brain in a forcefield, and scientists stepping through portals. In the sky above the spaceship, Santa is being abducted by aliens.

Physics

Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits

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Humans

2025 was chock full of exciting discoveries in human evolution

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voters in the United States

Technology

AI can influence voters' minds. What does that mean for democracy?

Voters change their opinions after interacting with an AI chatbot – but, encouragingly, it seems that AIs rely on facts to influence people

Analysis

Technology

Why is AI making computers and games consoles more expensive?

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Humans

Ancient human foot bones shed light on how two species coexisted

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Technology

Imagining a future where smart glasses allow 'AI slop' to be avoided

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Humans

Kissing may have evolved in an ape ancestor 21 million years ago

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