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Why predictive text is making you forget how to write

Typing with 2500 keys is hard, which is why autocomplete has been around in China since the 1950s. But now it’s everywhere – and it’s messing with your brain

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Life

Comb jelly videos are rewriting the history of your anus

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 2: Test your reaction time

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Technology

Old Scientist: How to get drunk rationally

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Earth

Animal magnetism: Why dogs do their business pointing north

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Fold your own universe with our cosmic origami decoration

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Quantum computers ditch all the lasers for easier engineering

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Quantum computers ditch all the lasers for easier engineering

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Life

Quantum solar cells could explain why plants are green

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Physics

Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality

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Physics

The world in 2076: The theory of everything is here – we think

An inspirational leap could unify quantum gravity and general relativity – but with physicists still struggling, baby steps forward might be more likely

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Physics

Smallest sliver of time yet measured sees electrons fleeing atom

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Space

Reality guide: Six problems physics can't explain

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Space

Reality guide: The essential laws of quantum physics

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Space

Reality guide: Six radical ideas to change physics

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