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Stay informed with commentary and opinion pieces on the latest issues in science, technology, health and the environment, written by expert New Scientist journalists and world-leading researchers and thinkers.
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Technology

Superintelligent machines may well need us after all

Despite AI's dizzying improvements in mathematical ability, its successes show just how integral human mathematicians are to the scientific process

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Space

How the electromagnetic spectrum opened our eyes to the universe

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Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

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Technology

Q-Day could destroy bitcoin – and our retirement savings

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Life

Capitalism has warped our understanding of ecology and life’s origins

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Will lab-grown sperm let infertile men have children of their own?

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Mind

Why your brain needs plenty of “Aha!” moments

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How ageing on Earth mimics the effects of space travel

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Life

PMOS shows us why many scientific terms need to be renamed

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Technology

The future of robot armies is here – and it’s not what you think

Robots are becoming more a part of our lives every year, and worries about a robot army rising up have long plagued the technology. But columnist Annalee Newitz talks to nanobot researchers and finds out the real robot army could be a welcome solution to medical or environmental problems

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The 3 things you need to know about protein, according to an expert

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Space

The hidden pockets of the universe where the future can cause the past

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Mind

Where do you think your ‘self’ is? Your answer is revealing

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Technology

3 things you need to know about quantum computers, from an expert

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