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Society

Are Trump's cuts to science the end of the endless frontier?

Since the second world war, US economic prosperity and major technological developments have hinged upon the government’s commitment to funding scientific research. The Trump administration is ending that

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Space

Asteroid 2024 YR4 could still hit the moon, JWST observations reveal

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Michel Nieva on writing from a mosquito's perspective for Dengue Boy

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Michel Nieva on writing from a mosquito's perspective for Dengue Boy

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Space

Little red dots seen by JWST might be a kind of black hole 'star'

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Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Hague, Gorbunov, Williams, and Wilmore are returning from a long-duration science expedition aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Space

Dolphins greet astronauts after SpaceX Dragon capsule splashdown

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Space

An early hint of cosmic dawn has been seen in a distant galaxy

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Chemistry

Foie gras made without force-feeding thanks to molecular mimicry

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Space

German company set for first commercial rocket launch from Europe

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Abstract glass sphere shapes with cyborg head. 3D generated image.

Technology

Brilliant sci-fi novel shows robots coming to grips with emancipation

Culture

TOPSHOT - A passenger wearing a protective face mask waits for his train at Hua Lamphong Central Railway Station in Bangkok on January 4, 2021, as health officials in Thailand announced on Monday 745 new Covid-19 coronavirus cases, the country's highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) (Photo by MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Mathematics

This excellent guide to the science of uncertainty is very welcome

Adam Kucharski's new book Proof is a life raft in a sea of fake news and misinformation

Culture

Space

Is our cosmos just a membrane on the edge of a far stranger reality?

Features

Space

Giant Milky Way-like galaxy formed unusually soon after the big bang

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Space

See a shimmering hourglass-shaped star system in exquisite detail

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Physics

The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

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