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Illustration of hydrogen atom with single proton at nucleus and single electron orbiting it

Physics

How big is a proton? No one knows exactly, and that's a problem

A perplexing mystery concerning the true size of the proton just got more complicated with the release of new results

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Calculations on blackboard

Physics

More haste, less speed: Don't rush to publish premature theory

Leader

LHC

Physics

Physicists look to the future as new particle dream dies

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artist's impression of the future Hinkley point nuclear plant

Earth

Why Hinkley Point is a nuclear folly of Titanic proportions

Analysis

Robert Byer

Space

How lasers found gravitational waves – and could hunt for aliens

Features

A Sympetrum striolatum dragonfly

Technology

Dragonfly wings can track radiation doses after a nuclear mishap

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Artwork of an asteroid zooming away from us with lots of cogs and engine parts attached to its backside

Space

Our top 5 wacky NASA missions that might just happen

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A new power plant is planned for Hinkley in Somerset

Earth

Should the UK pull plug on Hinkley Point nuclear power station?

Comment

New Scientist Inside A Fusion Reactor

Technology

New alloys could lead to next generation of nuke plant metals

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Fukishima fishing

Humans

How two dead power stations fuel the art of catastrophe

Fukushima and London's landmark Battersea power station are the backdrops to two video installations that probe our urban insecurities

CultureLab

Earth

Wildlife heaven or nuclear hell: Chernobyl’s future up for grabs

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Technology

Underwater drones may make hiding a nuclear missile sub harder

Comment

Technology

End of tough sanctions will mean the revival of Iranian science

Opinion

Earth

Test-driving the hydrogen car that makes a little go a long way

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