Science
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It’s easier to chat at parties if you don’t know the music playing
Music playing at parties can make it difficult to maintain conversations, particularly if you know the songs skynesher/Getty Images Background…
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Lasers fired at crystals could uncover quantum nature of the vacuum
The vacuum is not as empty as it might appear ElessarDesign/Shutterstock We may be able to harvest the quantum property…
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The weight-loss drug semaglutide, also known as Wegovy, can prevent heart attacks – will this widen use?
Wegovy wards off heart attacks, as well as causing weight loss Michael Siluk / Alamy Wegovy, the weight-loss injection made…
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Quantum batteries could charge better by breaking rules of causality
In the quantum world, cause doesn’t always come before effect Shutterstock / YanaBu Quantum batteries could charge more efficiently by…
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Gaza’s phone and internet services have completely collapsed
Two million people in Gaza are without reliable communications AFP via Getty Images Mobile phone and internet services have collapsed…
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Legalising marijuana hasn’t been the quick fix the US hoped for
Attitudes to marijuana have dramatically shifted in the US Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The American public’s attitude towards drugs is notoriously…
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What ancient Earth tells us about surviving the climate crisis
The following is a transcript from New Scientist’s CultureLab podcast. Subscribe and listen for free here. Christie Taylor: Hello and welcome…
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Online game could deter people from being radicalised into terrorism
An online game could help prevent people from being recruited into terrorist organisations such as ISIS CPA Media/Alamy Online games…
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Hollow nanoparticles linked by DNA make unusually strong materials
DNA’s strong bonds can act as a glue to make nanoparticles into sturdy materials Vladislav Kochelaevskiy/Alamy A material made from…
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Xenotransplant: Surgeons perform the second ever pig-to-human heart transplant
Doctors in the operating room during the transplant of the second-ever pig heart into a human recipient Tom Jemski (UMSOM…
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