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The future of robot armies is here – and it’s not what you think

Robots are becoming more a part of our lives every year, and worries about a robot army rising up have long plagued the technology. But columnist Annalee Newitz talks to nanobot researchers and finds out the real robot army could be a welcome solution to medical or environmental problems

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Fire is spreading in the Chernobyl exclusion zone after drone crash

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The best new popular science books of May 2026

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The best new popular science books of May 2026

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Red-light therapy does have health benefits but not the ones you think

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Read the winner of this year’s Young Science Writer Award

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Read the winner of this year’s Young Science Writer Award

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What to read this week: The 21st Century Brain by Hannah Critchlow

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New Scientist of the Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants of the NAS of Ukraine in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, December 15, 2025. Anatoly Doroshenko

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The man who crawls into the perilous heart of the Chernobyl reactor

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Exclusive report: Inside Chernobyl, 40 years after nuclear disaster

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Meta and YouTube fined $3 million for harming mental health

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Social media is a defective product

Two lawsuits are being brought against giant tech firms for the dangers their apps pose to young people. Columnist Annalee Newitz says the outcome of those cases could dramatically change social media for the better

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The best new popular science books of March 2026

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How Ukraine became a drone factory and invented the future of war

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Physics

The mystery of nuclear 'magic numbers' has finally been resolved

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Chernobyl cooling systems have lost power but meltdown risk is low

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