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Mars's dry surface

Space

A dash of hydrogen and methane could have kept Mars warm

The Red Planet’s thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide can’t retain enough heat for water to flow on the planet, but new calculations suggest how it was once warmer

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Postage stamp of mathematician Sierpinski

Physics

Crowdsourced prime number could help solve a 50-year-old problem

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EM drive

Space

Is new talk of interstellar drive too good to be true?

Comment

nuclear train ad

Health

Old 51��: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1

Regulars

Artist's impression of a telescope pointing at a bright light

Space

Mystery cosmic radio blasts come with side of gamma rays

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The world in 2076: Goodbye electricity, hello superconductivity

Physics

The world in 2076: Goodbye electricity, hello superconductivity

Features

universe

Physics

The world in 2076: The theory of everything is here – we think

Features

Light squiggles

Physics

Twisted light beams a greeting over a record distance of 143 km

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Pink diamond

Technology

Quantum computers can talk to each other via a photon translator

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Woman using VR headset

Technology

How high-end virtual reality headsets could lose the cables

Wi-Fi lacks the bandwidth to pump high-resolution VR to your eyes, but a different wireless signal could cut the cord and allow a truly immersive experience

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Physics

Smallest sliver of time yet measured sees electrons fleeing atom

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Space

Exoplanet hunters are missing 75 per cent of two-star worlds

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Space

Mickey Mouse ears may explain universe’s biggest explosions

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Life

Pasta spirals link neutron stars and the machinery of your cells

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