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Environment

Why your opinion of used electric vehicles is probably wrong

The idea that EV batteries age poorly is a misconception – and a new report has found they often outlive the cars themselves

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Space

Largest ever map of universe captures 47 million galaxies and quasars

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has finished the most detailed survey of the universe to date, and the resulting map will help researchers understand an apparent weakening of dark energy

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Health

Urban living may be causing big changes to our oestrogen levels

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Environment

Collapse of key ocean current may release billions of tonnes of carbon

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Space

We’ve caught a comet switching its spin direction for the first time

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Health

From autism to migraines, birth order may have wide-reaching effects

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Health

Antioxidant in mushrooms may target uterus cells to ease period pain

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Technology

Monkeys walk around a virtual world using only their thoughts

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Environment

Is a super El Niño imminent, and what could the impacts be?

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Health

Our dreams become more emotive and symbolic as we approach death

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Humans

Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with modern humans

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Health

People are refusing transfusions from donors vaccinated against covid

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Environment

Electric vehicle owners could earn thousands by supporting power grid

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Technology

We might finally know how to use quantum computers to boost AI

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Life

Parrot uses his broken beak to become a dominant male

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Health

Brushing your teeth in hospital could prevent catching a bad infection

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Analysis

Technology

Quantum computers could usher in a crisis worse than Y2K

The day when a quantum computer manages to break common encryption, or Q-Day, is fast approaching, and the world is not close to being ready

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Environment

A key solution to climate change isn't happening – and that's good

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Aperture

Health

Striking photo essay examines deadly spread of dengue fever in Nepal

Photographer Yuri Segalerba explores how dengue has spread to Nepal's Himalayan districts, and how locals are fighting back

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Features

Mathematics

The monstrous number sequences that break the rules of mathematics

Some seemingly simple sequences of multiplication and addition grow so quickly that they question the very foundations of mathematics. In doing so, they demand a whole new level of logic

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Physics

We need more radioactive drugs. Can we make them from nuclear waste?

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Health

Why the right kind of stress is crucial for your health and happiness

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Health

Can you determine your personalised stress score?

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Health

Can we ‘vaccinate’ ourselves against stress?

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Culture

Comment

51¶¯Âþ recommends Jeff Beal’s New York Études, Vol. II

The books, TV, games and more that 51¶¯Âþ staff have enjoyed this week

Culture

Health

Can you slow ageing with your diet? A new book gives it a go

Culture

Physics

This mesmerising Cornish time-travel film is not to be missed

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More

Humans

Are Neanderthals descendants of modern humans?

The gap between genetics and archaeology leaves us with an unclear picture of where the Neanderthals originated. Columnist Michael Marshall details a surprising new hypothesis that suggests they may have come from us

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Mind

Why is it so hard to change your mind?

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Physics

The stunning physics of Project Hail Mary go back to ancient China

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Tom Gauld on the Artemis II mission

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Twisteddoodles on the far side of the moon

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Comment

How many dachshunds would it take to get to the moon?

Feedback, always on the hunt for absurd units of measurement, is delighted by recent attempts to convey the 406,771 kilometres that the Artemis II crew travelled from Earth

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Letters

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