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Life

PMOS shows us why many scientific terms need to be renamed

Like covid-19 and mpox before it, the decision to relabel PCOS as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome is a welcome one – and reveals why a name is never just a name

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Natural sunscreen found in fish eggs can be made by E. coli factories

Genetically altered bacteria can synthesise gadusol, a naturally occurring compound found in zebrafish eggs that could be developed as an alternative to existing sunscreen products that can harm marine life

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Earth

A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa

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Environment

First test of CO2 removal with green sand finds no harm to marine life

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Environment

Arctic fires are releasing carbon stored for thousands of years

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Humans

Ancient teeth hint at links between Denisovans and Homo erectus

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Space

SpaceX is about to launch tallest and most powerful rocket in history

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Humans

Neanderthals treated a dental cavity by drilling into the tooth

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Environment

Will burying dead trees after a wildfire keep their carbon locked up?

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Health

Rebooting stem cells builds aged muscles and assists injury recovery

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Life

Himalayan wolf-dog hybrids emerge as a threat to wolves and people

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Health

CAR T-cell therapy bolstered by stiffening up cancer cells first

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Health

Your body clock has seasonal rhythms and it matters for vaccines

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Mind

What is love? Even a meeting on the subject can't find the answer

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Environment

Cleaning up air pollution could weaken vital AMOC ocean current

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Environment

The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away

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Physics

Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test

Previously classified photos and documents show the scientific work that went into the world's first atomic test in 1945 – a test that, just weeks later, would see nuclear bombs dropped in Japan

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Features

Life

The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up

When Richard Dawkins’s first blockbuster book was published half a century ago, few genes had ever been sequenced or studied in detail. Yet the book’s gene-centred view of evolution still has much to teach us in today’s genetic age

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Health

Can we harness quantum effects to create a new kind of healthcare?

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Humans

The story of the first human tool: the humble container

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Mind

How I used psychology to come back from the worst year of my life

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Space

The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life

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Culture

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How a visit to Stonehenge reminded me of deep time

On a visit to the UK, Sydney-based reporter James Woodford visited an archaeological site that was on his bucket list – and experienced a very special moment as the sun set

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Environment

51¶¯Âþ recommends a devastating account of farming honeybees

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This is the most underrated sci-fi film franchise of the 21st century

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Health

Dementia: everything you need to know now

From the subtle differences between memory lapses and brain disease to the lifestyle changes that can lower your risk, Dr Tim Beanland at Alzheimer’s Society helps you navigate the facts about dementia

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Physics

Why do particle physicists like spending time in fields?

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Health

PCOS has been officially renamed PMOS, and it’s a momentous move

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Mind

Where do you think your ‘self’ is? Your answer is revealing

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Tom Gauld on the Regency gentleman scientist

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Twisteddoodles on states of matter

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Shiver me timbers: Do we have to worry about space pirates now?

Feedback goes down a "moon warfare" rabbit hole and discovers that some forward-thinkers are making plans to counteract as-yet-hypothetical pirates in space

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Letters

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