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Earth's core is two-and-a-half years younger than its crust

Earth

Earth's core is two-and-a-half years younger than its crust

We have long known that gravity makes the Earth's centre age more slowly than its surface – but the effect is much more pronounced than once thought

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Abramovic

Humans

Past, present, future: How do we deal with time?

CultureLab

Time might flow backwards as well as forwards from the big bang

Space

Time might flow backwards as well as forwards from the big bang

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Can burping black holes reveal the true fabric of the universe?

Space

Can burping black holes reveal the true fabric of the universe?

Features

<em>Back to the Future</em>: Does physics of Marty's time travel add up?

Technology

Back to the Future: Does physics of Marty's time travel add up?

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People in kitchen-workers' white outfits, one holding a sparkler, one looking at an enlarged splash in white liquid, one holding some kind of particle collision trail set

Space

What came before the big bang?

Features

Why do we move forwards in time?

Physics

Why do we move forwards in time?

Features

What if … We discover we can see the future?

Physics

What if … We discover we can see the future?

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New Scientist's best summer reading

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CultureLab

Travel back in time to Earth's mightiest rivers and mountains

Earth

Travel back in time to Earth's mightiest rivers and mountains

The giant rivers and mountain ranges of the supercontinent Rodinia 1 billion years ago make the Amazon and the Andes seem piddling

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Physics

Get ready for the leap second – it could be the last one ever

Features

Technology

One Per Cent

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Last Word

Living in the past

Regulars

Humans

The time illusion: How your brain creates now

Features

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