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Solar panels installed in wild brush land near Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa.

Environment

What made solar power the most desirable energy source on the planet?

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explains how the creation of living solar panels transformed their impact on the world

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A young woman reading a book while wearing headphones.

Mind

Is reading always better for your brain than listening to audiobooks?

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Humans

Where’s my jetpack got to? And other sci-fi tech queries

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Physics

Why simple tasks like charging your phone rely on quantum measurements

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DTYENM A sign on the site of a proposed wind farm at Reeves Hill (Stonewall Hill) on the Herefordshire and Powys border. The project was later abandoned

Environment

Exciting new research shows ways to defuse the "green backlash"

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Physics

Should it be space-time or spacetime – and why does it matter anyway?

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Technology

Why are weather forecasting apps so terrible?

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Lunar Crater Radio Telescope: Illuminating the Cosmic Dark Ages This illustration depicts a conceptual Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Moon?s far side. The early-stage concept is being studied under grant funding from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program but is not a NASA mission. Credit: Vladimir Vustyansky

Space

Could a huge lunar telescope be our best chance of spotting aliens?

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Cyclists and commuters make their ways home in evening sunshine at the junction of Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill in the City of London, aka the Square Mile - the capital's financial district, on 4th April 2023, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)

Technology

I'm a cyclist. Will the arrival of robotaxis make my journeys safer?

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Physics

Why no one can agree on what quantum physics really means

For a century, quantum theory has passed every experimental test, but physicists can’t agree on how to use it to paint a picture of our reality – or even whether that is possible

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Trees have a microbiome inside them? This is both obvious and profound

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Physics

What happens to light's energy when it redshifts? It's complicated

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Mind

What are the best ways to improve your cognitive reserve?

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Technology

How invisibility cloaks could make us disappear – at least from AI

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