Science
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Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of writing
The Adorant figurine, approximately 38,000 years old, consists of a small, ivory plate bearing an anthropomorphic figure and multiple sequences…
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The mystery of nuclear ‘magic numbers’ has finally been resolved
Some atoms seem to be particularly stable because of their numbers of protons and neutrons Shutterstock/ktsdesign A special set of…
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Is this carved rock an ancient Roman board game?
The possible game board with pencil marks highlighting the incised lines Het Romeins Museum A mysterious flat stone with a…
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Ants attack their nest-mates because pollution changes their smell
Harvester ants attack nest-mates whose scent they don’t recognise JorgeOrtiz_1976/Shutterstock Common air pollutants like ozone and nitric oxide can change…
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Stick shaped by ancient humans is the oldest known wooden tool
Artist’s reconstruction of a Palaeolithic woman making a digging stick from an alder tree trunk G. Prieto; K. Harvati The…
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Why a tool-using cow could change how we see farm animals
Veronika the cow is the first recorded non-primate mammal to demonstrate flexible, multi-purpose tool use Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró A…
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Pompeii’s public baths were unhygienic until the Romans took over
The Stabian Baths, one of the bathhouses first built by the Samnites in Pompeii Icas94/De Agostini via Getty Images A…
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Northern Greenland ice dome melted before and could melt again
Researchers working at Prudhoe Dome in Greenland Caleb K. Walcott-George An ice dome in northern Greenland once melted completely at…
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Mathematicians unified key laws of physics in 2025
The equations that govern fluids can be tricky to handle Vladimir Veljanovski / Alamy In 1900, mathematician David Hilbert presented…
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New Scientist changed the UK’s freedom of information laws in 2025
Our successful request for Peter Kyle’s ChatGPT logs stunned observers Tada Images/Victoria Jones/Shutterstock When I fired off an email at…
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