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With the help of powerful computers, researchers discovered a four-sided shape that naturally rests on one side, and built a real-life version from carbon-fibre and tungsten ...

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In this passage from near the opening of Lake of Darkness, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are given an ...

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Astronomers have been trying to detect atmospheres on planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, but bursts of radiation from the star make ...

We're a step closer to two men being able to have genetic children of their own after the creation of fertile mice by putting ...

Adults and AI models fail to recognise messages with harmful intent expressed with Gen Alpha slang or memes, raising concerns ...