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This is how to avoid annihilating ourselves in a nuclear war

Society

This is how to avoid annihilating ourselves in a nuclear war

We have been lucky to dodge nuclear Armageddon so far, but we can't keep trusting to fortune. If we don't want to wipe ourselves out, here's what we need do next, says Mark Lynas

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Caption The ICEPIC sampling tool drilling into the ice at sampling site A of the Matanuska Glacier, AK, field trial. Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech

Technology

See the robot that may one day search for life on Jupiter's icy moon

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How an ancient alchemy technique is transforming modern chemistry

Chemistry

How an ancient alchemy technique is transforming modern chemistry

Features

The FBI is getting new technology to see through walls

Technology

The FBI is getting new technology to see through walls

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No need to stop the 'brain rot': Modern kids aren't less intelligent

Mind

No need to stop the 'brain rot': Modern kids aren't less intelligent

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An artist?s impression of the Martian settlement SpaceX has envisioned. Image: SpaceX https://www.spacex.com/humanspaceflight/mars/

Technology

Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros

Culture

What exactly would a full-scale quantum computer be useful for?

Physics

What exactly would a full-scale quantum computer be useful for?

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https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/ NASA?s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie, made up of 62 individual images, on July 23. A rock nicknamed ?Cheyava Falls,? which has features that may bear on the question of whether the Red Planet was long ago home to microscopic life, is to the left of the rover near the center of the image. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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Could brain-computer interface let us inhabit robot avatars on Mars?

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Technology

DOGE ditching tape storage could put data at risk, say experts

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Content moderation offers little actual safety on Big Social Media

Technology

Content moderation offers little actual safety on Big Social Media

Whether social media sites police their platforms using humans or algorithms, content moderation isn't keeping users safe, says Jess Brough

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Lasers can help detect radioactive materials from afar

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How Moore's law led us to a flawed vision of the future

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Technology

DOGE eliminated the US government’s tech experts – what has been lost?

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Why humanoid robots are missing the point

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