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These are the most mind-melting physics discoveries of 2024

[ad_1] The universe is even weirder than you’d expect andrey_l/Shutterstock The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand

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The best new sci-fi this month from George R. R. Martin to a Three-Body Problem graphic novel

[ad_1] Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin, editor of anthologies set in the Wild Cards universe Paras Griffin/Getty Images December is traditionally a

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These are most mind-melting physics discoveries of 2024

[ad_1] The universe is even weirder than you’d expect andrey_l/Shutterstock The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand

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New forms of animals made by fusing several comb jellies together

[ad_1] A warty comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi) Andrey Nekrasov / Alamy Stock Photo It may be the closest scientists have yet come to creating Frankenstein’s

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A small asteroid hit Earth and burned up over Siberia

[ad_1] An image from a webcam showing the asteroid burning up in the atmosphere above Siberia LenskLR/YouTube An asteroid around 70 centimetres in diameter was

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How monitoring your sweat could reveal the state of your health

[ad_1] Your sweat holds a lot of information about the state of your health Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Wow, you’re quite salty,” says Stefan van der

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An asteroid will dramatically burn up in Earth’s atmosphere today

[ad_1] Map showing the location where an asteroid’s fireball will be visible in Siberia ESA A dramatic but harmless spectacle will take place over Siberia

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Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything?

[ad_1] It is rare that a drug becomes a household name and even rarer for one to become a superstar, but with its ability to

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Why surrounding your plants with crushed eggshells won’t deter slugs

[ad_1] Broken eggshells around young plants … but will they stop the slugs? BIOSPHOTO/Alamy For as long as I have been gardening, there has been

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When, and where, did the covid-19 pandemic really begin?

[ad_1] People carrying out disinfection work at a market in Wuhan, where covid-19 is thought to have originated, in March 2020 An Yuan/China News Service