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New Scientist’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

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New Scientist’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

A quarter of a century in, this is our definitive pick of the ideas in science and technology that are already transforming the world

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Crowdsourcing Wikipedia’s encyclopedia: Best ideas of the century

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Crowdsourcing Wikipedia’s encyclopedia: Best ideas of the century

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The 5 worst ideas of the 21st century – and how they went wrong

Humans

The 5 worst ideas of the 21st century – and how they went wrong

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Smartphones (yes, really): Best ideas of the century

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Smartphones (yes, really): Best ideas of the century

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Realising the importance of our microbiome: Best ideas of the century

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Realising the importance of our microbiome: Best ideas of the century

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We can rewrite our genetic code: Best ideas of the century

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We can rewrite our genetic code: Best ideas of the century

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Psychiatry has finally found an objective way to spot mental illness

Mind

Psychiatry has finally found an objective way to spot mental illness

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Three ways to become calmer this New Year that you haven't tried (yet)

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Aree Aupeia, 32, standing on the sea front near a house that gets regularly flooded during high tide events. The village is regularly flooded during high tides despite residents attempts to build sea walls or take care of those that were built by the local government, but frequent big waves continue to damage them, putting resident's houses, and gardens under the constant threat.

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The Pacific Islanders fighting to save their homes from catastrophe

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Our elegant universe: rethinking nature’s deepest principle

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Our elegant universe: rethinking nature’s deepest principle

For centuries, the principle of symmetry has guided physicists towards more fundamental truths, but now a slew of shocking findings suggest a far stranger idea from quantum theory could be a deeper driving force

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How rethinking your relationship with time could give you more of it

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The secret weapon that could finally force climate action

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What if the idea of the autism spectrum is completely wrong?

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The emotion you never knew you had, and how to feel more of it

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