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Society

Why we shouldn't fill our minds with endless tales of dystopia

Unrealistic fantasies of the apocalypse are everywhere, but focusing on a potentially disastrous future stops us from making solid plans, says Annalee Newitz

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2H56E72 Activists from Friends of the Earth during a demonstration calling for an end to all new oil and gas projects in the North Sea, starting with the proposed Cambo oil field, outside the UK Government's Cop26 hub during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. Picture date: Sunday November 7, 2021.

Environment

How a campaign to keep fossil fuels underground is gaining traction

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How can we prove the world is really quantum mechanical?

Physics

How can we prove the world is really quantum mechanical?

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2F6N0XJ A shot of beautiful orchid garden in Thailand.

Life

What is so special about orchids and why are there so many?

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2KEHETN The Twitter and Mastodon app logos are seen in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on 12 November, 2022. Mastodon is a decentralized, open-sourc

Technology

How I found a new home online at Mastodon, after giving up on Twitter

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2GAXKAF aerial view of a beautiful Vjosa river, near Earcove, Nemercka mountains, Gjirokastra district, albania

Environment

Europe's first Wild River National Park is great, except for one thing

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2H8TP9E JODIE FOSTER in CONTACT (1997), directed by ROBERT ZEMECKIS. Credit: WARNER BROTHERS / Album

Space

Why space scientists need science fiction

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Technology

Why we need to be wary of anthropomorphising chatbots

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Technology

Is the chatbotpocalypse looming? Some people would like us to think so

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TOPSHOT - An aerial photo taken on February 14, 2023 shows flooding caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Awatoto, near the city of Napier. - New Zealand declared a national state of emergency on February 14 as Cyclone Gabrielle swept away roads, inundated homes and left more than 100,000 people without power. - New Zealand OUT (Photo by AFP) / New Zealand OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Do back-to-back disasters show first climate tipping point is upon us?

Compound and cascading catastrophes, like two hurricanes striking within days, are becoming more common. Does this mean we have crossed the first climate tipping point, an irreversible shift in Earth’s natural systems, asks Graham Lawton

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Physics

Why uncertainty is part of science - especially quantum mechanics

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Humans

Was the shift to farming really the worst mistake in human history?

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Technology

A message for today from last century's vast telephone exchanges

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Environment

The push to grant legal rights to nature is gaining momentum

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