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Countdown to a nuclear clock: a three minute guide
Precise timekeeping helps us in our daily lives: from pinpointing your precise location with GPS to synchronising financial deals to…
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How a silly science prize changed my career
Download the 27 December long read podcast Marc Abrahams created the Ig Nobel prizes in 1991, after years of collecting…
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a festive parody song from the Nature Podcast
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Explore 2024 with Leif Penguinson
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a hero was born: Leif Penguinson, a Rockhopper penguin on a mission to…
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Are you what you eat? How food shapes self-image
For painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo in Vertumnus (1591), emperor Rudolf II was what he ate.Credit: Giuseppe Arcimboldo/Buyenlarge/Getty Eating and Being: A…
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‘there’s so much bad fiction about anthropomorphizing AI’
As climate change and artificial intelligence (AI) reshape the world, some say that reality is starting to look a lot…
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Fasting can reduce weight — but also hair growth
Human hairs sprout from follicles, which contain stem cells that are sensitive to dietary changes (artificially coloured).Credit: Dr Keith Wheeler/SPL…
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Why the genetic-testing revolution left some people behind — and what to do about it
Evolutionary geneticist Mary-Claire King did not anticipate the impact of her discovery.Credit: Rina Castelnuovo/New York Times/Redux/eyevine When Mary-Claire King embarked…
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Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID
Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli has presented evidence that her lab has not worked with close relatives of SARS-CoV-2.Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP…
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How to ensure only dying cells rupture
NEWS AND VIEWS 04 December 2024 During some types of cell death, cells rupture to release molecules that cause inflammation.…
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