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Chaotic streams of energy appear to slice through space

Physics

Is gravity a new type of force that arises from cosmic entropy?

Decades ago, a renegade physicist suggested that gravity isn't so much a force as just a byproduct of the universe's tendency to get more disordered. Now this idea might finally be testable

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Health

How to harness your body clock for a longer, healthier life

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Atmospheric graveyard

Humans

What were ancient humans thinking when they began to bury their dead?

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Health

How regrowing your own teeth could replace dentures and implants

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Physics

We’ve discovered a door to a hidden part of reality 鈥� what’s inside?

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Illustration of anthropologist Manvir Singh, against a background with flowers, planets, stars, and the moon

Society

The anthropologist who says shamanism works, even if you don鈥檛 believe

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Physics

We鈥檝e discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it?

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Life

The truth about de-extinction: is it even possible, and why do it?

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Humans

Evolution has made humans both Machiavellian and born socialists

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Technology

‘Flashes of brilliance and frustration’: I let an AI agent run my day

Ordering takeaway food, writing emails, reworking presentations: AI assistants are promoted as a way of outsourcing mundane tasks to free up your time for more interesting pursuits. So, what are they actually good for 鈥� and what are the risks?

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Health

Rapid bursts of ageing are causing a total rethink of how we grow old

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Health

You鈥檝e been sold a giant myth when it comes to improving your health

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Physics

Solving the 250-year-old puzzle of how static electricity works

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Humans

The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn鈥檛 conquer the world

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