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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Blue Origin/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (15255350a) Texas, USA: New Shepard-31 Capsule Recovery with the crew : Katy Perry, American Singer, Aisha Bowe, American aerospace engineer, Lauren Sanchez, American presenter and companion of Jeff Bezos, Kerianne Flynn, American Producer, Gayle King, American journalist, and Amanda N. Nguyen (Amanda Nguyen), Activist. Suborbital launch system and landing mission. This suborbital flight, the 31st in the New Shepard program and the 11th crewed, will extend Blue Origin's initiative to democratize access to space, having already carried 52 people beyond the Karman line. USA. Blue Origin All-Women Crew Historic Space Launch, Texas, USA - 14 Apr 2025

Society

Does science have a future in the US?

When politics and science align, it is easy to think science is apolitical. But the situation in the US today shows how science has always been fuelled by politics, says Annalee Newitz

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Environment

We may soon be able to hold fossil fuel companies to account

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Life

Let’s remember that extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence

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A pile of colourful supplement pills lying on a yellow table top.

Mind

The supplement that really can improve your brain health

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Environment

Where is the TV drama to move the dial on climate change?

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A cyclist unlocks his bike on Silk Street in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 8th April 2025, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)

Environment

Are ordinary people fighting a losing battle to go green?

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2HCNTB2 Arctic sea with Arctic remnant ice through the Fram Strait near Svalbard

Environment

Mining the Arctic’s precious resources is a fool’s errand

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Space

Claims of alien life are overhyped – and miss the real accomplishment

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A company called Colossal Biosciences says it has revived an extinct species ? the dire wolf. ?On October 1, 2024, for the first time in human history, Colossal successfully restored a once-eradicated species through the science of de-extinction

Society

Why claims about ‘resurrecting’ dire wolves are the tip of the iceberg

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A woman eating a bowl of fruit while wearing exercise clothes

Health

Should your menstrual phase dictate what you eat and how you exercise?

The idea of varying your lifestyle throughout your menstrual cycle to help relieve PMS or period pain seems intuitive, but the evidence reveals a nuanced picture, finds columnist Alexandra Thompson

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Physics

Why I still love reckoning with the quantum gravity problem

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Mind

No need to stop the ‘brain rot’: Modern kids aren’t less intelligent

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Physics

Quantum theory at 100: Let’s celebrate its power and provocation

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Physics

Where Schrödinger’s cat came from – and why it’s getting fatter

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